From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 16 07:48:08 2011 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 9E795106564A for ; Thu, 16 Jun 2011 07:48:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rwmaillists@googlemail.com) Received: from mail-wy0-f182.google.com (mail-wy0-f182.google.com [74.125.82.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2C3FF8FC19 for ; Thu, 16 Jun 2011 07:48:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wyb33 with SMTP id 33so125501wyb.13 for ; Thu, 16 Jun 2011 00:48:07 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to :references:x-mailer:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=bML4uaL+rk0w4a/CwbcuaQzEvt0tHqy8ktbBLrxajJQ=; b=evUou1Hb8nyzwvwAuUkqRws0uMoVbHOErFHjecmieivC1HJLflCC5beGkBQHBShsSm fo1xZomKDx2ifl7IVdaeXMd0t7dcDxtk/UzCcq1wh/wlfVAOFuHqrFDVThvEn/OrdfgF 6P9bBrE8m5qC7lOYbgg4zzfoUxVWWegaFK9PQ= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:x-mailer :mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=Wk1svqQmbK/i1xBqyrgNBR79zn1E2+l0mLoZaKLc8syPhjrtCKerOh4NHjVOpIBvOd 3eXTE5oBJlRCkfRV7ap5kAhO85SORgCFKEo0JLy+3XaLQorEqGKEluk0Xy8gjtnwp3zJ 886KHOr69ITVLMkKw2RkE04JAKY0l4yvUZAFU= Received: by 10.216.136.89 with SMTP id v67mr652425wei.13.1308210486911; Thu, 16 Jun 2011 00:48:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gumby.homeunix.com (87-194-105-247.bethere.co.uk [87.194.105.247]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id z22sm671299weq.2.2011.06.16.00.48.04 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Thu, 16 Jun 2011 00:48:05 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2011 08:48:03 +0100 From: RW To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20110616084803.19be6263@gumby.homeunix.com> In-Reply-To: <273612.22162.qm@web36506.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <20110615195027.GA1196@thought.org> <273612.22162.qm@web36506.mail.mud.yahoo.com> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.9 (GTK+ 2.22.1; amd64-portbld-freebsd8.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: how do i fsck my server? 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: Thu, 16 Jun 2011 07:48:08 -0000 _____________________________ > From: Chuck Swiger > To: Gary Kline > Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List > Sent: Wed, June 15, 2011 4:04:23 PM > Subject: Re: how do i fsck my server? > You can set fsck_y_enable="YES" in /etc/rc.conf, but it shouldn't be > necessary. The system can figure out for itself whether it shutdown > cleanly or whether a fsck is necessary. fsck_y_enable="YES" doesn't mean do an unconditional fsck, it means do an fsck -y if the preen fails. On Wed, 15 Jun 2011 15:25:33 -0700 (PDT) Bill Tillman wrote: > The correct reply to this IMHO should > have been "HELL YES, your server will check for a clean exit on every > reboot. It will count to 60 seconds and then if the last shutdown was > not clean it will start running fsck all by itself and this will tie > up your system's resources for quite a while You can avoid that with gjournal.