From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 15 17:07:26 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5A62A1065672 for ; Wed, 15 Sep 2010 17:07:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gull@gull.us) Received: from mail-ew0-f54.google.com (mail-ew0-f54.google.com [209.85.215.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ED6088FC13 for ; Wed, 15 Sep 2010 17:07:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ewy22 with SMTP id 22so303038ewy.13 for ; Wed, 15 Sep 2010 10:07:24 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.213.14.131 with SMTP id g3mr4288088eba.47.1284570444691; Wed, 15 Sep 2010 10:07:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.14.29.13 with HTTP; Wed, 15 Sep 2010 10:07:24 -0700 (PDT) X-Originating-IP: [69.91.159.76] In-Reply-To: <4C906EF7.3090200@rawbw.com> References: <4C906AB2.3030004@rawbw.com> <4C906EF7.3090200@rawbw.com> Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2010 10:07:24 -0700 Message-ID: From: David Brodbeck To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Subject: Re: How to prevent system to launch interactive fsck after improper shutdown and reboot? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2010 17:07:26 -0000 On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 12:00 AM, Yuri wrote: > Thanks Remko! > I never had spare 5 secs for this :-), and now when I left my computer to > friends (not computer savvy) they got into this trap. There is no > database... I think installer better asks this question during installation > since many users just run a desktop and -y is pretty much ok for them. Train your friends to shut the machine down by pressing (not holding down!) the power button. On any modern machine ACPI should trigger a clean shutdown/poweroff.