From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Apr 3 18: 2:41 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from hecky.it.northwestern.edu (hecky.acns.nwu.edu [129.105.16.51]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4C53337B701 for ; Mon, 3 Apr 2000 18:02:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from djkanter@nwu.edu) Received: (from mailnull@localhost) by hecky.it.northwestern.edu (8.8.7/8.8.7) id UAA21690 for ; Mon, 3 Apr 2000 20:02:32 -0500 (CDT) Received: from localhost.localdomain (areca-43-028111.nuts.nwu.edu [165.124.28.111]) by hecky.acns.nwu.edu via smap (V2.0) id xma021526; Mon, 3 Apr 00 20:02:05 -0500 Received: (from david@localhost) by localhost.localdomain (8.9.3/8.9.3) id TAA59660 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 3 Apr 2000 19:20:07 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from david) Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2000 19:20:07 -0500 From: "David J. Kanter" To: FreeBSD questions Subject: Fsck on mounted filesystems Message-ID: <20000403192007.A59646@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i X-Organization: Northwestern University X-Operating-System: FreeBSD localhost.localdomain 3.4-STABLE FreeBSD 3.4-STABLE Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I've got a questions that stems from my past Linux use: can fsck -p be run safely on mounted filesystems, like the root filesystem? I ask this because the instructions for make world say to go into single user mode with "shutdown now" and then run fsck -p. I did this, and all seemed OK, but fsck was run on mounted filesystems, such as /. The first thing you learn about Linux is to not run fsck on a mounted partition, like /. So, why can I do it safely (apparently) with FreeBSD but not with Linux? -- David Kanter djkanter@nwu.edu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message