Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2011 08:17:41 +1000 From: Da Rock <freebsd-questions@herveybayaustralia.com.au> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 9.0 install and journaling Message-ID: <4EE3DA85.4070903@herveybayaustralia.com.au> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1112101509220.14596@wonkity.com> References: <4EE32BB6.3020105@herveybayaustralia.com.au> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1112100755520.11994@wonkity.com> <4EE38454.3020307@otenet.gr> <4EE3D1F0.60500@herveybayaustralia.com.au> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1112101509220.14596@wonkity.com>
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On 12/11/11 08:14, Warren Block wrote: > On Sun, 11 Dec 2011, Da Rock wrote: > >> GPT is cool - no problems there. The main thing I want to know is if >> I need to run fsck every time the system dies unexpectedly (which is >> a higher occurrence on a laptop)? GJournal helps in that it takes >> care of that. The growing size of drives is another concern given the >> time it takes to check a 500G disk (my smallest atm), although this >> is way down on the list for the moment. > > SUJ speeds up the check a lot, seconds as opposed to minutes. If > something happens to the journal, it falls back to a standard fsck. But fsck needs to be run manually- I have users that can't do that, and the filesystem corrupts. Ergo gjournal; it boots up and fixes on the fly. So SU+J needs a manual fsck before booting proper or can it just boot and be done?
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