On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 09:26:55AM +0000, Peter Miller wrote: > On 11/18/10 06:58, Otto Moerbeek wrote: > >On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 09:48:57PM +0000, Peter Miller wrote: > > > >>I upgraded to a more current snapshot the other day and after fsck > >>ran on the root partition, it asked if i wanted to fsck the other > >>partitions. I typed "no", but it ran anyways, causing a failure and > >>therefore aborting the install because some disks were missing. > >> > >>I have 2 usb hard drives in my /etc/fstab. I don't have these drives > >>with me all the time, and had them unplugged during my upgrade (so i > >>didn't inadvertently install to one of them). > >> > >>I tried to upgrade a couple times, but i have to comment out my usb > >>drives before i can successfully run the upgrade. The upgrade asked > >>me whether or not I wanted to fsck the other partitions, so i figure > >>it should at least obey my answer. > >> > >>OpenBSD 4.8-current (GENERIC.MP) #627: Fri Nov 12 23:00:53 MST 2010 > >> dera...@amd64.openbsd.org:/usr/src/sys/arch/amd64/compile/GENERIC.MP > >> > >>relevant section of fstab i commented out in order to upgrade > >> > >># my drives > >>5dbd5372ca23d268.d /mnt/Dane ffs rw,nodev,nosuid,softdep 0 0 > >>93b2b19e02be3f39.d /mnt/Cook ffs rw,nodev,nosuid,softdep 0 0 > >> > >>-- > >>Later > >>Peter > > > >The installer only asks if you want to do a *forced* fsck ora > >non-forced. The fsck is always done for all devices in fstab. The only > >differences is whether -y is used or not.
Make that -f > > > > -Otto > That makes sense now, thanks. The wording just leaves some room for > interpretation. I really thought it was a choice to fsck or not, > instead of a choice to run fsck with the -y option or not. > > Peter, > I looked into 'noauto' but i prefer to have my drives auto-mounted > the 95% of the time i'm using my computer vs the few times i do an > upgrade. I'll just comment them out.. easy enough. > > -- > Later > Peter
