4TB filesystem

[Martin Hepworth]

OK I stand corrected...

softupdates "reduces" the possibility of having to fsck a filesystem....

;-)

-- 
Martin

On 8/5/06, Freminlins <freminlins at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 05/08/06, Martin Hepworth <maxsec at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Softupdates removes the issue if havinh to fsck filesystems after and
> > unclean umount.....
> >
>
> No it doesn't. Absolutely not.
>
> After an unclean shutdown fsck runs in the background. And sometimes it
> can't do that. Here's an example:
>
> Jul 23 17:54:01 zoe fsck: /dev/amrd0s1g: CANNOT CREATE SNAPSHOT
> /d1/.snap/fsck_snapshot: File too large
> Jul 23 17:54:01 zoe fsck:
> Jul 23 17:54:01 zoe fsck: /dev/amrd0s1g: UNEXPECTED INCONSISTENCY; RUN
> fsck MANUALLY.
>
>
> The /etc/defaults/rc.conf file has a comment on this too:
> background_fsck="YES"   # Attempt to run fsck in the background where
> possible.
>
>
> Frem.
>