Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 23:56:08 -0500 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: "Tamouh H." <hakmi@rogers.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how does a system come up if you disable background fsck ? Message-ID: <20060314045608.GA7378@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <20060314044240.C6F8543D46@mx1.FreeBSD.org> References: <4416483E.70600@ywave.com> <20060314044240.C6F8543D46@mx1.FreeBSD.org>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Mon, Mar 13, 2006 at 11:42:45PM -0500, Tamouh H. wrote: > > > > > Ensel Sharon wrote: > > > I have disabled background fsck in my /etc/rc.conf with: > > > > > > background_fsck="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 > > > the non-root partitions will just not be mounted and/or > > usable until I > > > fsck them by hand ? > > > > > > thanks. > > > > The former, as I can say with ample experience this morning. > > (stupid USB > > panic) > > > > HTH, > > Micah > > I find both ways useless. If fsck background starts after a crash it literally slows down the machine to a halt rendering it unusable. > > If enable fsck to check the system prior to mounting device, it will take at least 15-30 minutes for it to complete (in the event of a hard crash). Which also translates to a downtime. > > disabling fsck on the long run is a bad choice too as eventually the system files will become corrupt beyond repair. > > What is the solution here ? Invest in a UPS? Kris [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFEFkznWry0BWjoQKURAr02AKC9pRgiBTaUCbuWPoJFaf054oLy5gCfaZkO R//wWh6z4VOXAgFxCiTcjlM= =fV/3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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