Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2000 19:20:07 -0500 From: "David J. Kanter" <djkanter@nwu.edu> To: FreeBSD questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Fsck on mounted filesystems Message-ID: <20000403192007.A59646@localhost.localdomain>
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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
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