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Date:      Sun, 21 May 2000 22:09:43 +0600 (ESS)
From:      "Ilia E. Chipitsine" <ilia@cgu.chel.su>
To:        cjclark@home.com
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: fsck ?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0005212205270.8329-100000@mail.cgu.chel.su>
In-Reply-To: <20000521115902.C96573@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com>

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> > 
> > from man page I read that fsck could be run either with "-p" or "-y|n"
> > options. what about "-p -y" ?!
> 
> I haven't tried, but they would seem to be mutually exclusive. The
> '-p' option specifies behavior like,

I did, I put 'fsck -p -y' into /etc/rc, at least it didn't complain :-)
By the time I tried it, filesystems were umounted clearly.

> 
>   (2) Don't fsck at all and don't try to mount filesystems that could
>       be unclean.

That could be the option !
What about _mounting_ those unclean partitions ?

> 
> The boot process drops into single user mode because a corrupted
> filesystem is a Very Bad Thing. If you are booting a system with
> corrupt filesystems, the drop into single user should be the least of
> your worries.

that PC is supposed to work without a display, without a keyboard,
the nearest place where they can find anybody who ever heard about 'fsck'
is probably 5km away.

> -- 
> Crist J. Clark                           cjclark@home.com
> 



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