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Date:      Tue, 23 Jul 2002 19:58:38 -0500
From:      Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com>
To:        David Smithson <david@customfilmeffects.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD-Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: how do i stop fsck from autochecking?
Message-ID:  <20020724005838.GF62770@dan.emsphone.com>
In-Reply-To: <015501c232ab$90944df0$0801a8c0@customfilmeffects.com>
References:  <013701c232a9$d7705400$0801a8c0@customfilmeffects.com> <20020724003825.GD62770@dan.emsphone.com> <015501c232ab$90944df0$0801a8c0@customfilmeffects.com>

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In the last episode (Jul 23), David Smithson said:
> > Hit ^C.  If the filesystem was not mounted with softupdates
> > enabled, though, you won't want to write to it until you finish
> > fsck'ing it.  If SU were enabled, you can safely put off the fsck
> > until later (dismount the filesystem first).
> 
> Mmmm...soft updates.  Er...what is(are) softupdates?  

http://www.mckusick.com/softdep/

Run "tunefs -n enable /dev/whatever" on an unmounted or R/O filesystem
to enable it.  Background fsck is only available in -current.


-- 
	Dan Nelson
	dnelson@allantgroup.com

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