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To: "Ensel Sharon" <user@dhp.com>
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Subject: Re: how does a system come up if you disable background fsck ?
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On 3/13/06, Ensel Sharon <user@dhp.com> wrote:
>
> I have disabled background fsck in my /etc/rc.conf with:
>
> background_fsck=3D"no"
>
> But I am curious - what does this mean for the system if the system
> crashes ?
>
> Does this mean that the system will wait for all non root partitions to
> fully fsck before coming up into multi-user mode ?
>
> OR
>
> Does it mean the system will boot up quickly into multi-user mode, but th=
e
> non-root partitions will just not be mounted and/or usable until I fsck
> them by hand ?

Hit the power button and see for yourself.

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