From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 27 13:40:27 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C17DF106566B for ; Thu, 27 Mar 2008 13:40:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (gate6.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:2001:8b0:151:1::1]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 33AA08FC1D for ; Thu, 27 Mar 2008 13:40:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from lack-of-gravitas.thebunker.net (gateway.ash.thebunker.net [213.129.64.4]) (authenticated bits=0) by smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m2RDduqr018855 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Thu, 27 Mar 2008 13:40:17 GMT (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) X-DKIM: Sendmail DKIM Filter v2.5.0 smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk m2RDduqr018855 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; d=infracaninophile.co.uk; s=200708; t=1206625217; bh=Mgv7UjK3IY4AHF 0WhqRSYH9ACESJJ0nXrIKu3zPD1E8=; h=Message-ID:Date:From:MIME-Version: To:CC:References:In-Reply-To:Content-Type: Content-Transfer-Encoding:Cc:Content-Type:Date:From:In-Reply-To: Message-ID:Mime-Version:References:To; z=Message-ID:=20<47EBA3AB.4 0307@infracaninophile.co.uk>|Date:=20Thu,=2027=20Mar=202008=2013:39 :55=20+0000|From:=20Matthew=20Seaman=20|Organization:=20Infracaninophile|User-Agent:=20Thunderbird=20 2.0.0.12=20(X11/20080310)|MIME-Version:=201.0|To:=20Jared=20Carlson =20|CC:=20freebsd-stable@freebsd.org|Subject: =20Re:=20Question=20about=20file=20system=20checks|References:=20<9 02733.27279.qm@web33004.mail.mud.yahoo.com>|In-Reply-To:=20<902733. 27279.qm@web33004.mail.mud.yahoo.com>|X-Enigmail-Version:=200.95.0| Content-Type:=20text/plain=3B=20charset=3DUTF-8|Content-Transfer-En coding:=207bit; b=tmEXX+47TfwxLGaQvEVk00py9XuiYJi4MLQRvH6fHFK4cpobd MZbynW+xfPfFqq8KU4RzMlC5YhhG8Lo5cHuZJmEDMSQ1VH2dFKCiC+TusivWMTrR+ts 8Xs+SKUJvMrq2bjIPAxzzRhmvfrGDK7+ez9MMEpy8T5ewKuZuOuUSo4= Message-ID: <47EBA3AB.40307@infracaninophile.co.uk> Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2008 13:39:55 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman Organization: Infracaninophile User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 (X11/20080310) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jared Carlson References: <902733.27279.qm@web33004.mail.mud.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <902733.27279.qm@web33004.mail.mud.yahoo.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH authentication, not delayed by milter-greylist-3.0 (smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.187.76.162]); Thu, 27 Mar 2008 13:40:17 +0000 (GMT) X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.92.1/6421/Thu Mar 27 08:54:20 2008 on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.2 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VERIFIED,SPF_FAIL autolearn=no version=3.2.4 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.4 (2008-01-01) on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Question about file system checks 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: Thu, 27 Mar 2008 13:40:27 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: RIPEMD160 Jared Carlson wrote: > Hi I have a question about startup scripts for BSD distributions. > Can you turn off the file system check that occurs every 30 boots, > etc? I recall this being the case on a BSD platform, although my Mac > OS X doesn't (to my knowledge) do a file system check that often at > all. You are thinking of the Linux ext2/ext3 filesystem. UFS and UFS2 as found on *BSD have never required anything like that: they only need fsck'ing after an unclean shutdown. Cheers, Matthew - -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. Flat 3 7 Priory Courtyard PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate Kent, CT11 9PW, UK -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.8 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEAREDAAYFAkfro6sACgkQ3jDkPpsZ+Va9LACglfHVA8c6WTtNdXMUUannT34/ ELEAoKfRUJVLWw7MJxkuKsqfQItBBae0 =L3N+ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----