Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2005 18:41:18 +0000 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: fsck errors on a running system that disappear in single-user mode Message-ID: <20050311184118.GF72527@hub.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <1513197873.20050311183716@wanadoo.fr> References: <813975182.20050311030827@wanadoo.fr> <200503111443.j2BEh2s02308@clunix.cl.msu.edu> <1513197873.20050311183716@wanadoo.fr>
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On Fri, Mar 11, 2005 at 06:37:16PM +0100, Anthony Atkielski wrote: > Jerry McAllister writes: > > > At least most likely. There could possibly a real inconsistency, > > but it would be difficult on a running system to distinguish it > > from the artifacts you point out above. > > But a real consistency would presumably persist with an fsck on a system > in single-user mode, which is (I assume) quiescent, right? Yes (single-user mode isn't the issue; the filesystem needs to be unmounted or mounted read-only, or to be using UFS snapshots (in 5.x) in order for fsck to have a consistent snapshot of the data that doesn't change out from underneath it). Kris
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