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 > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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