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Date: Fri, 11 May 2001 09:01:25 -0700
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To: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
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Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/etc rc
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Kris Kennaway wrote:
> 
> On Fri, May 11, 2001 at 12:40:39AM -0700, Kirk McKusick wrote:
> 
> >   6) What happens if a background fsck fails (i.e., fsck finds
> >      errors that would normally require a manual fsck)?
> >
> >   Ans) The filesystem will be marked as needing a manual fsck.
> >        At the next system reboot, the check will be done in
> >        foreground and the usual actions taken (usually a failure
> >        to go multi-user until fsck has been run by hand on the
> >        affected filesystem).
> 
> Is there any facility for informing the administrator that a
> foreground fsck is required (syslog at higher priority,
> e.g. LOG_EMERG?)  This condition sounds like it could be fatal to the
> filesystem if it continues to operate without being addressed.

	This'd definitely be good to have. While I reboot my -current workstation
systems often, this'd be easy to miss on a server system in production
(keeping in mind that today's -current will be [-]stable someday).

Doug

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