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From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
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Subject: Re: background_fsck=no does not work?
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On Sun, Apr 24, 2005 at 01:45:47PM +0200, Palle Girgensohn wrote:
> Hi!
>=20
> on a 5.4-prerelease machine (dell 2850 dual cpu, running amd64), I have=
=20
> this in rc.conf:
>=20
> fsck_y_enable=3D"YES"
> background_fsck=3D"NO"
>=20
>=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=
=20
> that is normal for an active file system?
>=20
> I'm having stability problems with this machine (it crashes sporadically)=
=20
> 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?
>=20
> Thanks,
> Palle
>=20
> # fsck   (on a running multiuser system, just to check)
> ....
>=20
> ** /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
>=20
> 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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