fsck inadequacies

[stheg olloydson]

it was said:

>But, unlike the other windows systems that run up there, the FreeBSD 
>system seems incredibly
>prone to disk corruption. Often the system will not reboot, and hangs 
>while it asks for a file check.
>I can't do that remotely - it has to be a person.
> I frequently need to run fsck, and that does not always work.  It is
>hard
>to instruct a diesel mechanic on such matters from such a distance.  
>"fsck -y"
> usually does not work either.
>
>It seems someone only needs to sneeeze and it goes into panic mode.  I

>would happily live with the odd
>corrupt disk track or so if it means I can keep it running and at
least 
>be able to access
>it remotely. Please don't advise me to be more careful and get a
better 
>power supply etc -
>it simply is not possible. This is a very remote site, the humidity is

>low, static electricity
>is always a problem. 
>
>thanks
>
>Wayne Hocking

Hello,

What I would do is redirect the console on the troublesome box to a
serial port and cable that a reliable box. Also, this behaviour is not
normal. Ship a system up there, have someone hook it up, and then
transfer the data over.

HTH,

Stheg



		
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