From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jun 11 23:48:44 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4D89216A41A for ; Sun, 11 Jun 2006 23:48:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from peterjeremy@optushome.com.au) Received: from mail14.syd.optusnet.com.au (mail14.syd.optusnet.com.au [211.29.132.195]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A815143D45 for ; Sun, 11 Jun 2006 23:48:43 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from peterjeremy@optushome.com.au) Received: from turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org (c220-239-19-236.belrs4.nsw.optusnet.com.au [220.239.19.236]) by mail14.syd.optusnet.com.au (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id k5BNmZgo019643 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=NO); Mon, 12 Jun 2006 09:48:36 +1000 Received: from turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org (localhost.vk2pj.dyndns.org [127.0.0.1]) by turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k5BNmZJW033582; Mon, 12 Jun 2006 09:48:35 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from peter@turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org) Received: (from peter@localhost) by turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org (8.13.6/8.13.6/Submit) id k5BNmZgi033581; Mon, 12 Jun 2006 09:48:35 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from peter) Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2006 09:48:35 +1000 From: Peter Jeremy To: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Bj=F6rn_K=F6nig?= Message-ID: <20060611234835.GC739@turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org> References: <448B0419.3090303@cs.tu-berlin.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <448B0419.3090303@cs.tu-berlin.de> X-PGP-Key: http://members.optusnet.com.au/peterjeremy/pubkey.asc User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: unmounting a filesystem safely that doesn't exist anymore X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2006 23:48:44 -0000 On Sat, 2006-Jun-10 19:40:41 +0200, Bjrn Knig wrote: >I did a mistake: I unplugged my digital camera accidentally before I >unmounted the filesystem. *doh* This happens very often, because I'm >very scatterbrained. =) Your best solution may be to use mtools (ports/emulators/mtools) rather than mounting the filesystem. >changed ad hoc. I just want to know if somebody knows a workaround or >small trick that prevents the other filesystems from being unclean on >next boot-up. The only way to do this is to have all the other filesystems mounted read-only. The "filesystem clean" flag is part of the superblock and is cleared when a filesystem is mounted. It will be set only if the filesystem is cleanly unmounted. -- Peter Jeremy