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Date:      Mon, 25 Nov 2002 12:54:26 -0500
From:      Mikhail Teterin <mi+mx@aldan.algebra.com>
To:        Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>, Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.ORG>
Cc:        current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: -current unusable after a crash
Message-ID:  <200211251254.26497.mi%2Bmx@aldan.algebra.com>
In-Reply-To: <20021125172445.GA8953@rot13.obsecurity.org>
References:  <200211250959.39594.mi%2Bmx@aldan.algebra.com> <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1021125102358.33619A-100000@fledge.watson.org> <20021125172445.GA8953@rot13.obsecurity.org>

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On Monday 25 November 2002 12:24 pm, Kris Kennaway wrote:
= On Mon, Nov 25, 2002 at 10:24:46AM -0500, Robert Watson wrote:
= 
= > > I thought, this might be due to the priority of the background
= > > fsck and have once left it alone for several hours -- with no
= > > effect. The usual fsck takes a few minutes.
=
= We really need to disable background fsck if the system panicked.

Otherwise, is there a need for fsck at all? Can sudden powerloss be
reliably distinguished from a panic?

= I've seen far too much bizarre filesystem behaviour that went away the
= next time I did a full fsck.

	-mi


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