Date: Sun, 03 Jan 1999 21:46:53 +0100 From: Gary Jennejohn <garyj@peedub.muc.de> To: Graeme Tait <graeme@echidna.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: fsck -n finds errors in operating server Message-ID: <199901032046.VAA02945@peedub.muc.de> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 03 Jan 1999 15:23:09 EST." <368FD1AD.4B@echidna.com>
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Graeme Tait writes: >I have a FreeBSD/Apache web server which has been running fine for >almost 50 days since the last reboot. > >I just ran fsck -n out of curiousity, and got in part the following: > [snip] >So my first question is, how does filesystem damage (I assume the above >problems are minor and repairable) occur in this situation? Shouldn't >the kernel isolate the filesystem integrity from application problems? > >Secondly, can these problems be repaired without taking the server down? >Is it worth repairing them? (At least if the system were clean, it would >be clear if further problems occurred.) > you can not run fsck on a live file system and not expect it to show inconsistencies. don't do that :) there is no damage, it's normal. --- Gary Jennejohn Home - garyj@muc.de Work - garyj@fkr.dec.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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