>>>>> "Doug" == Doug Barton <DougB_at_FreeBSD.org> writes: Doug> On Wed, 31 Dec 2003, David Gilbert wrote: >> I'd like to see: >> >> crash -> boot -> defer for bgfsck (but mark disk as having tried) -> multiuser -> bgfsck -> crash -> boot -> fsck in foreground -> multiuser >> ... but I believe this would require fsck support unless the >> startup scripts were writing to the filesystem to indicate no >> bgfsck. Doug> What you propose would also be really complicated for other Doug> reasons related to the way rcNG works. I would suggest that your Doug> best bet is always: Doug> crash -> boot single user -> fsck -y -> multiuser Doug> That's pretty much guaranteed to work. True, but faced with a machine that can't be upgraded (swap to vinum not supported in 5.2) but still crashes every so often (once a month or so), the non-background fsck (which is what we do now) takes 5 to 10 minutes (lotsa disk). I think the above could be achieved by the smarts being in fsck. It would refuse to background if the already-tried bit was set. I believe this would work without rc changes. Dave. -- ============================================================================ |David Gilbert, Independent Contractor. | Two things can only be | |Mail: dave_at_daveg.ca | equal if and only if they | |http://daveg.ca | are precisely opposite. | =========================================================GLO================Received on Wed Dec 31 2003 - 14:33:59 UTC
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