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Date:      Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:25:31 -0700
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To:        Palle Girgensohn <girgen@pingpong.net>
Cc:        stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: background_fsck=no does not work?
Message-ID:  <20050424182531.GA33485@xor.obsecurity.org>
In-Reply-To: <DD8197BD35BCC63A18AF62CB@palle.girgensohn.se>
References:  <DD8197BD35BCC63A18AF62CB@palle.girgensohn.se>

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On Sun, Apr 24, 2005 at 01:45:47PM +0200, Palle Girgensohn wrote:
> Hi!
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> on a 5.4-prerelease machine (dell 2850 dual cpu, running amd64), I have=
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> this in rc.conf:
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> fsck_y_enable=3D"YES"
> background_fsck=3D"NO"
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>=20
> Still, I'm not certain that fsck is really run at startup. At least,=20
> running fsck on in multiuser reveals information like below, but perhaps=
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> that is normal for an active file system?
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> I'm having stability problems with this machine (it crashes sporadically)=
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> and I suspect it might have something to do with problems in the file=20
> system. Could this be true, or is the below stuff completely normal?
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> Thanks,
> Palle
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> # fsck   (on a running multiuser system, just to check)
> ....
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> ** /dev/amrd0s2g (NO WRITE)
> ** Last Mounted on /usr/local
> ** Phase 1 - Check Blocks and Sizes
> ** Phase 2 - Check Pathnames
> ** Phase 3 - Check Connectivity
> ** Phase 4 - Check Reference Counts
> ** Phase 5 - Check Cyl groups
> FREE BLK COUNT(S) WRONG IN SUPERBLK
> SALVAGE? no
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> SUMMARY INFORMATION BAD
> SALVAGE? no
>=20
> BLK(S) MISSING IN BIT MAPS
> SALVAGE? no

Running fsck on a mounted filesystem will do this unless you use
background fsck, because the filesystem is in use.

Kris

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