how do i fsck my server?

[RW]

_____________________________
> From: Chuck Swiger <cswiger at mac.com>
> To: Gary Kline <kline at thought.org>
> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions at FreeBSD.ORG>
> Sent: Wed, June 15, 2011 4:04:23 PM
> Subject: Re: how do i fsck my server?

> You can set fsck_y_enable="YES" in /etc/rc.conf, but it shouldn't be
> necessary. The system can figure out for itself whether it shutdown
> cleanly or whether a fsck is necessary.


fsck_y_enable="YES" doesn't mean do an unconditional fsck, it means do
an fsck -y if the preen fails.


On Wed, 15 Jun 2011 15:25:33 -0700 (PDT)
Bill Tillman <btillman99 at yahoo.com> wrote:


> The correct reply to this IMHO should 
> have been "HELL YES, your server will check for a clean exit on every
> reboot. It will count to 60 seconds and then if the last shutdown was
> not clean it will start running fsck all by itself and this will tie
> up your system's resources for quite a while 

You can avoid that with gjournal.