From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 26 23:48:51 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1EA7D16A4CE for ; Fri, 26 Nov 2004 23:48:51 +0000 (GMT) Received: from web53908.mail.yahoo.com (web53908.mail.yahoo.com [206.190.36.218]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 99B6843D45 for ; Fri, 26 Nov 2004 23:48:50 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from stheg_olloydson@yahoo.com) Received: (qmail 17695 invoked by uid 60001); 26 Nov 2004 23:48:50 -0000 Comment: DomainKeys? See http://antispam.yahoo.com/domainkeys DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; b=hed1b87Yu5uG6Sp8/zMwE1fo3w0xBwhcz5AziNxQ4gUrlfdj7P53z4qqhVZJUoPSVCuBy8BZnD9X1KXPR+rYHQpnMUBaB4Xsxt7J69cA9Ba6ycNuOVSbSaImsEFFu491G4kgXcx5BajyK+GRG8X1OSBJGX99lDd5M0nUxuVMUpk= ; Message-ID: <20041126234849.17693.qmail@web53908.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [68.210.43.125] by web53908.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Fri, 26 Nov 2004 15:48:49 PST Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2004 15:48:49 -0800 (PST) From: stheg olloydson To: mardoc-inc@rogers.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: fsck inadequacies X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2004 23:48:51 -0000 it was said: >But, unlike the other windows systems that run up there, the FreeBSD >system seems incredibly >prone to disk corruption. Often the system will not reboot, and hangs >while it asks for a file check. >I can't do that remotely - it has to be a person. > I frequently need to run fsck, and that does not always work. It is >hard >to instruct a diesel mechanic on such matters from such a distance. >"fsck -y" > usually does not work either. > >It seems someone only needs to sneeeze and it goes into panic mode. I >would happily live with the odd >corrupt disk track or so if it means I can keep it running and at least >be able to access >it remotely. Please don't advise me to be more careful and get a better >power supply etc - >it simply is not possible. This is a very remote site, the humidity is >low, static electricity >is always a problem. > >thanks > >Wayne Hocking Hello, What I would do is redirect the console on the troublesome box to a serial port and cable that a reliable box. Also, this behaviour is not normal. Ship a system up there, have someone hook it up, and then transfer the data over. HTH, Stheg __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Read only the mail you want - Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail