svn commit: r210382 - head/sbin/fsck

[Kirk McKusick]

Author: mckusick
Date: Thu Jul 22 18:33:10 2010
New Revision: 210382
URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/210382

Log:
  Note that foreground fsck should be run after a filesystem related panic.
  
  Suggested by:	Mikhail Teterin (mi@)
  MFC after:	1 week

Modified:
  head/sbin/fsck/fsck.8

Modified: head/sbin/fsck/fsck.8
==============================================================================
--- head/sbin/fsck/fsck.8	Thu Jul 22 17:35:36 2010	(r210381)
+++ head/sbin/fsck/fsck.8	Thu Jul 22 18:33:10 2010	(r210382)
@@ -169,6 +169,17 @@ so the check program is invoked with the
 flag to indicate that a check on the active file system should be done.
 When running in background mode,
 only one file system at a time will be checked.
+Note that background
+.Nm
+is limited to checking for only the most commonly occuring
+file system abnormalities.
+Under certain circumstances,
+some errors can escape background
+.Nm .
+It is recommended that you perform foreground
+.Nm
+on your systems periodically and whenever you encounter
+file-system\-related panics.
 .It Fl t Ar fstype
 Invoke
 .Nm