how does a system come up if you disable background fsck ?

[Tamouh H.]

> Tamouh H. wrote:
> >  
> >> Ensel Sharon wrote:
> >>> I have disabled background fsck in my /etc/rc.conf with:
> >>>
> >>> background_fsck="no"
> >>>
> >>> But I am curious - what does this mean for the system if 
> the system 
> >>> crashes ?
> >>>
> >>> Does this mean that the system will wait for all non root
> >> partitions
> >>> to fully fsck before coming up into multi-user mode ?
> >>>
> >>> OR
> >>>
> >>> Does it mean the system will boot up quickly into
> >> multi-user mode, but
> >>> the non-root partitions will just not be mounted and/or
> >> usable until I
> >>> fsck them by hand ?
> >>>
> >>> thanks.
> >> The former, as I can say with ample experience this morning. 
> >> (stupid USB
> >> panic)
> >>
> >> HTH,
> >> Micah
> > 
> > I find both ways useless. If fsck background starts after a 
> crash it literally slows down the machine to a halt rendering 
> it unusable.
> > 
> > If enable fsck to check the system prior to mounting 
> device, it will take at least 15-30 minutes for it to 
> complete (in the event of a hard crash). Which also 
> translates to a downtime.
> > 
> > disabling fsck on the long run is a bad choice too as 
> eventually the system files will become corrupt beyond repair.
> > 
> > What is the solution here ?
> > 
> > Thx,
> > 
> > Tamouh
> 
> If you can't acceptably absorb a 30 minute down time, then 
> why are you running without backup power?
> 
> - Micah

Micah, Kris:

You guys are hilarious, where can I find ppl like you ? 

Of course I'm using a backup power, but there are 101 reasons for FreeBSD to reboot by itself and when that happens, 30 minutes downtime is 30 minutes of wasted time.

Tamouh