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Date:      Thu, 23 Aug 2001 13:11:06 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Matthew Jacob <mjacob@feral.com>
To:        =?X-UNKNOWN?Q?S=F8ren_Schmidt?= <sos@freebsd.dk>
Cc:        current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: diskcheckd is poo
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0108231310180.97718-100000@beppo>
In-Reply-To: <200108232007.f7NK7F393829@freebsd.dk>

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On Thu, 23 Aug 2001, Søren Schmidt wrote:

> It seems David O'Brien wrote:
> > diskcheckd is very annoying.  Many doubt its usefulness in detecting
> > errors before it is too late.  It thinks 40% of my disks are bad (which
> > I don't).  I've turned it off, I know many that have.
> > 
> > I would like to remove it from the base system and put it in ports.  I
> > really don't see what justifies keeping it in /usr/src.
> 
> YES!

Interesting. I tend to agree. However, the one system I would find it useful
for is a system where the 2nd IDE master goes to sleep and has to be
periodically touched to keep awake.


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