On Apr 7, 2009, at 02:34, Chris Rees wrote:
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So, the answer is NO, it does NOT cause data CORRUPTION. A simple
reboot solved it? Really, you're advocating guaranteed extended
downtime every time there's a power outage, compared with a slight
chance of a slightly longer downtime while every oth
>
> On Apr 6, 2009, at 11:12, Chris Rees wrote:
>
>> Can
>> no-one can come up with a reply either quoting a mailing list or
>> giving the circumstances when:
>>
>> a) Background fsck caused data CORRUPTION
>>
>> _and_
>>
>> b) A foreground fsck would not have done the same
>>
>> ?
2009/4/6 Doug Ha
On Apr 6, 2009, at 11:12, Chris Rees wrote:
Can
no-one can come up with a reply either quoting a mailing list or
giving the circumstances when:
a) Background fsck caused data CORRUPTION
_and_
b) A foreground fsck would not have done the same
?
Yes. When background FSCK first became stand
2009/4/6 Bruce Cran :
> On Sun, 5 Apr 2009 21:40:52 +0100
> Chris Rees wrote:
>
>> 2009/3/31 Oliver Fromme :
>> > Chris Rees wrote:
>> > > 2009/3/31 Wojciech Puchar :
>> > > >
>> > > > IMHO this background fsck isn't good idea at all
>> > >
>> > > Why?
>> >
>> > Google "background fsck damag
On Sun, 5 Apr 2009 21:40:52 +0100
Chris Rees wrote:
> 2009/3/31 Oliver Fromme :
> > Chris Rees wrote:
> > > 2009/3/31 Wojciech Puchar :
> > > >
> > > > IMHO this background fsck isn't good idea at all
> > >
> > > Why?
> >
> > Google "background fsck damage".
> >
> > I was bitten by it mysel
2009/4/5 Chris Rees :
> 2009/3/31 Oliver Fromme :
>> Chris Rees wrote:
>> > 2009/3/31 Wojciech Puchar :
>> > >
>> > > IMHO this background fsck isn't good idea at all
>> >
>> > Why?
>>
>> Google "background fsck damage".
>>
>> I was bitten by it myself, and I also recommend to turn
>> backgro
2009/3/31 Oliver Fromme :
> Chris Rees wrote:
> > 2009/3/31 Wojciech Puchar :
> > >
> > > IMHO this background fsck isn't good idea at all
> >
> > Why?
>
> Google "background fsck damage".
>
> I was bitten by it myself, and I also recommend to turn
> background fsck off. If your disks are la
On Tue, 31 Mar 2009 17:36:32 +0200
Mel Flynn wrote:
> On Tuesday 31 March 2009 14:24:11 RW wrote:
> > On Tue, 31 Mar 2009 08:15:54 +0200
> >
> > Mel Flynn wrote:
somebody please point me in the right direction ?
> > >
> > > fsck -p is done by default (meaning, filesystems are not fully
> > > sca
On Tue, 31 Mar 2009 18:57:21 +0200 (CEST), Oliver Fromme
wrote:
> Google "background fsck damage".
>
> I was bitten by it myself, and I also recommend to turn
> background fsck off. If your disks are large and you
> can't afford the fsck time, consider using ZFS, which
> has a lot of benefits b
Chris Rees wrote:
> 2009/3/31 Wojciech Puchar :
> >
> > IMHO this background fsck isn't good idea at all
>
> Why?
Google "background fsck damage".
I was bitten by it myself, and I also recommend to turn
background fsck off. If your disks are large and you
can't afford the fsck time, cons
On Tuesday 31 March 2009 14:24:11 RW wrote:
> On Tue, 31 Mar 2009 08:15:54 +0200
>
> Mel Flynn wrote:
> > On Tuesday 31 March 2009 08:05:11 manish jain wrote:
> > > I am migrating from Linux and am still learning the basics of
> > > FreeBSD. One thing that I would to carry over from my Linux days
On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 04:04:53PM +0100, Chris Rees wrote:
> On Tue, 31 Mar 2009 16:00:18 +0530
> manish jain wrote:
> > Having bgfsck enabled is like
> > inviting a dragon to dinner when this happens.
>
> 2009/3/31 RW :
> > If you've done a normal install, soft-updates aren't enabled on /,
> >
On Tue, 31 Mar 2009 16:00:18 +0530
manish jain wrote:
> Having bgfsck enabled is like
> inviting a dragon to dinner when this happens.
2009/3/31 RW :
> If you've done a normal install, soft-updates aren't enabled on /,
> so it will get foreground checked by default.
>
> If I were you I'd reboot i
On Tue, 31 Mar 2009 16:00:18 +0530
manish jain wrote:
> As for the reason why I want to force fsck is that it has now
> happened 3 timed that, after a clean and proper shutdown - with no
> foreign filesystems mounted, FreeBSD has complained on system restart
> (twice on a 5.x distribution I had b
On Tue, 31 Mar 2009 08:15:54 +0200
Mel Flynn wrote:
> On Tuesday 31 March 2009 08:05:11 manish jain wrote:
>
> > I am migrating from Linux and am still learning the basics of
> > FreeBSD. One thing that I would to carry over from my Linux days is
> > to force an fsck on all filesystems at system
2009/3/31 manish jain :
> BTW, a lot of people who posted replies thought I was not aware that a preen
> is always executed at startup. When I said I wanted to force an fsck, I
> meant 'fsck -fy'. As for background checks, they are - in my opinion - a
> real nightmare. Even though I am just a lear
Bruce Cran wrote:
On Tue, 31 Mar 2009 11:35:11 +0530
manish jain wrote:
Hi,
I am migrating from Linux and am still learning the basics of
FreeBSD. One thing that I would to carry over from my Linux days is
to force an fsck on all filesystems at system startup. On Linux, this
was simply a matt
2009/3/31 Wojciech Puchar :
>
> IMHO this background fsck isn't good idea at all
Why?
Chris
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On Tue, 31 Mar 2009 15:01:37 +0800, Bruce Cran wrote:
On Tue, 31 Mar 2009 11:35:11 +0530
manish jain wrote:
Hi,
I am migrating from Linux and am still learning the basics of
FreeBSD. One thing that I would to carry over from my Linux days is
to force an fsck on all filesystems at system st
i don't know why you do want to FORCE it every boot. in FreeBSD it's not
needed.
but you may add
background_fsck="NO"
to check filesystems at boot when needed, not delayed.
IMHO this background fsck isn't good idea at all
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On Tue, 31 Mar 2009 11:35:11 +0530
manish jain wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I am migrating from Linux and am still learning the basics of
> FreeBSD. One thing that I would to carry over from my Linux days is
> to force an fsck on all filesystems at system startup. On Linux, this
> was simply a matter of
manish jain wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I am migrating from Linux and am still learning the basics of FreeBSD.
> One thing that I would to carry over from my Linux days is to force an
> fsck on all filesystems at system startup. On Linux, this was simply a
> matter of editing /etc/rc.sysinit. Things seem a
On Tuesday 31 March 2009 08:05:11 manish jain wrote:
> I am migrating from Linux and am still learning the basics of FreeBSD.
> One thing that I would to carry over from my Linux days is to force an
> fsck on all filesystems at system startup. On Linux, this was simply a
> matter of editing /etc/r
Hi,
I am migrating from Linux and am still learning the basics of FreeBSD.
One thing that I would to carry over from my Linux days is to force an
fsck on all filesystems at system startup. On Linux, this was simply a
matter of editing /etc/rc.sysinit. Things seem a bit more complicated in
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