From owner-freebsd-hardware Fri Apr 28 11: 0:49 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from intra.daemontech.net (intra.daemontech.net [208.138.46.11]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 1287437B60C for ; Fri, 28 Apr 2000 11:00:47 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from nicole@unixgirl.com) Received: (qmail 41206 invoked by uid 200); 28 Apr 2000 18:00:46 -0000 Received: from xwin.nmhtech.com (208.138.46.10) by intra.daemontech.net with SMTP; 28 Apr 2000 18:00:46 -0000 Content-Length: 1785 Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.3.1 [p0] on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <3909B215.CAC1563D@stella-net.fr> Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2000 11:00:46 -0700 (PDT) From: "Nicole Harrington." To: Philippe Charron Subject: RE: someone has an idea ? Cc: hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On 28-Apr-00 Philippe Charron wrote: > Hello, > > Im a trying to do a FreeBSD box without any keyboard (this machine will > be a Squid, HTTP and FTP serveur for non specialist person that can't > handle with a Unix system). > > As the user can't shutdown properly the computer, he has to press the > power button to switch off the box. > This leads to problems with fsck and inode lost in the system. > > Does anyone have an idea to solve this problem ? > > Thanx in avance > Philippe > In a similiar situation I partially solved it in a somewhat lame way by setting fsck in /etc/rc to fsck -f -y (by memory) This way on every reboot it would perform a full fsck with a yes to repair. Also be sure to use soft updates on any partiton that would likely have active writes when switched off. Hope this helps Nicole > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message nicole@unixgirl.com |\ __ /| (`\ http://www.unixgirl.com/ webmistress@dangermouse.org | o_o |__ ) ) http://www.dangermouse.org/ // \\ ---------------------------(((---(((----------------------------------------- -- Powered by Coka-Cola and FreeBSD -- -- Stong enough for a man - But made for a Woman -- -- Microsoft: What bug would you like today? -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- As a computing professional, I believe it would be unethical for me to advise, recommend, or support the use (save possibly for personal amusement) of any product that is or depends on any Microsoft product. -- OWNED? MS: Who's Been In Your Computer Today? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message