From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 22 22:17:05 2012 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 9EA331065670 for ; Fri, 22 Jun 2012 22:17:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nonesuch@longcount.org) Received: from mail-vc0-f182.google.com (mail-vc0-f182.google.com [209.85.220.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4D44A8FC0C for ; Fri, 22 Jun 2012 22:17:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: by vcbfy7 with SMTP id fy7so1421158vcb.13 for ; Fri, 22 Jun 2012 15:17:04 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=subject:references:from:content-type:x-mailer:in-reply-to :message-id:date:to:content-transfer-encoding:mime-version :x-gm-message-state; bh=M649/vyS2ZVS81KkbwcZIeX5ZpfSgOJWtH1RXef+o7s=; b=nEB0kroXS4ieS8bz8SgR2lTOeEqh3RiLpcPPfR2dZmdORpRxntveL+1rbhxCpcli4Q mH2cmRFRtyqdiF0nWmTj+PLEgqK9skshKobLO5oghBh1jm2lwXXusGHKqYxzaAJyVA6u Twttw87vZaPBMoDZZirscqz7r6lkDpIQL3nOd9OjqK+IbSZBAq/y0GYizdfWMg9kA4ZN SRJrX8B2Db/LwaOCId4zFc1+4cBx9m8b47JLsp6/gKcIdCJVDOFZNnwlnB0eSQHGREuU OPIK0lPQB0PlxcDEIKstt8RVy8DgmGCwXN5VyR5nE+Z5IQm7d9Xdrn1GNZz1aq/dmxhY BxTg== Received: by 10.52.176.66 with SMTP id cg2mr1550040vdc.121.1340403424419; Fri, 22 Jun 2012 15:17:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [97.60.243.135] (135.sub-97-60-243.myvzw.com. [97.60.243.135]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id cr4sm34581752vdb.7.2012.06.22.15.17.02 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Fri, 22 Jun 2012 15:17:03 -0700 (PDT) References: <1340401637.32116.YahooMailNeo@web113519.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> From: Mark Saad Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 X-Mailer: iPhone Mail (9B206) In-Reply-To: <1340401637.32116.YahooMailNeo@web113519.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> Message-Id: Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2012 18:16:59 -0400 To: "freebsd-stable@freebsd.org" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Mime-Version: 1.0 (1.0) X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQlS8qxYZIg74qlWnEPmvpmql3hJbp6tOlLQUIiOAU56IfZLtbKn7wzoWV2Fqd+G6Myk5HTz Subject: Re: fsck_ufs running too often 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: Fri, 22 Jun 2012 22:17:05 -0000 On Jun 22, 2012, at 5:47 PM, Leonardo M. Ram=C3=A9 wr= ote: > Hi, since a few of days ago, I noticed my home server turns very slow more= than once a day, so every time I run "top" to see what's processes are runn= ing, I can see fsck_ufs at the very top, and the hard drive working like mad= . >=20 > I've checked my crontab and there's nothing related to fsck_ufs, where can= I start searching for the cause of the problem?, I thought this process sho= uld run only at boot or shutdown, but this time it is running -apparently- w= ithout a cause. >=20 > =20 > uname -a: > FreeBSD server.my.local 9.0-RELEASE FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE #0: Tue Jan 3 07:= 46:30 UTC 2012 root@farrell.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC= amd64 >=20 >=20 > Regards, > Leonardo M. Ram=C3=A9 > http://leonardorame.blogspot.com > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" Can you tell us more about your server . Does its crash or reboot unexpected= ly ? Is this an ungraded server , was it FreeBSD 6,7, or 8 prior ? Also do y= ou have any ufs1 file systems mounted? Please send the output from mount -t ufs and your dmesg .=20 --- Mark saad | mark.saad@longcount.org=