Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2002 20:50:02 -0800 (PST) From: "Crist J. Clark" <cjc@FreeBSD.ORG> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: misc/35992: /etc/rc has no way to force fsck -y at next boot, corrupt filesystems with soft updates required manual intervention Message-ID: <200203170450.g2H4o2t46609@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR misc/35992; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: "Crist J. Clark" <cjc@FreeBSD.ORG>
To: Roy Hooper <rhooper@toybox.ca>
Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: misc/35992: /etc/rc has no way to force fsck -y at next boot, corrupt filesystems with soft updates required manual intervention
Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2002 20:49:14 -0800
On Sat, Mar 16, 2002 at 05:57:48PM -0800, Roy Hooper wrote:
[snip]
> >Fix:
> The solution was to force a fsck -y at boot time by modifying /etc/rc so that I could remotely reboot the machine.
> Adding the ability to touch a temporary file such as /force-fsck-y would be very useful for remote maintenance.
I'm confused. What does,
# touch /force-fsck-y
Do for you that,
# echo 'fsck_y_enable="YES"' >> /etc/rc.conf
Doesn't?
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