From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 31 08:11:54 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1A30516A4CE for ; Wed, 31 Dec 2003 08:11:54 -0800 (PST) Received: from grummit.biaix.org (86.Red-213-97-212.pooles.rima-tde.net [213.97.212.86]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 8757143D53 for ; Wed, 31 Dec 2003 08:11:51 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from joan@grummit.biaix.org) Received: (qmail 43821 invoked by uid 1000); 31 Dec 2003 16:05:39 -0000 Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2003 17:05:39 +0100 From: Joan Picanyol To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20031231160538.GA42680@grummit.biaix.org> References: <20031225192817.GA14608@grummit.biaix.org> <20031230122644.GA37302@grummit.biaix.org> <20031230190639.B35480@carver.gumbysoft.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20031230190639.B35480@carver.gumbysoft.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Subject: Re: fsck on reboot in 5.x X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2003 16:11:54 -0000 [dropped dwhite from To:, I assume he doesn't need two copies] * Doug White [20031231 04:02]: > > On a related isue, what does fsck do with fs's on vinum volumes with > > regard to sequential/parallel fsck'ing? > I'm not sure what you're asking about here. Vinum volumes are configured > before non-root filesystems are checked and mounted, so it would work the > same as non-vinum volumes. >From the man page: In preen mode, after pass 1 completes, all remaining file systems are checked, in pass number order running one process per disk drive in par- allel for each pass number in increasing order. What does fsck consider a "disk drive" in the following setup? [joan@iaeste-catalunya:~]0 $sudo vinum ld D vermell State: up /dev/ad2s2d A: 38435/74786 MB (51%) D verd State: up /dev/ad0s2d A: 38435/74786 MB (51%) [joan@iaeste-catalunya:~]0 $sudo vinum lv V tmp State: up Plexes: 1 Size: 5119 MB V std-var State: up Plexes: 2 Size: 1024 MB V home State: up Plexes: 2 Size: 10 GB V base State: up Plexes: 2 Size: 512 MB V package State: up Plexes: 2 Size: 1024 MB V apps State: up Plexes: 2 Size: 5120 MB V std-root State: up Plexes: 2 Size: 512 MB V aegee State: up Plexes: 2 Size: 15 GB [joan@iaeste-catalunya:~]0 $ Still on the fsck man page, what determines "bgfsck availability" as refered here? If background checking is available, fsck is invoked twice. It is first invoked at the traditional time, before the file systems are mounted, with the -F flag to do check- ing on all the file systems that cannot do background checking. tks -- pica p.s.: your clarifications are greatly appreciated, tks for the time