[PLUG] Forced fsck

[Charlie Schluting]

Wil Cooley wrote:
> On Mon, 2006-05-08 at 20:49 -0700, m0gely wrote:
> 
>> I mean in general, FreeBSD and OpenBSD in my own use doesn't force an 
>> fsck on a reboot unless the volume wasn't marked clean such as in the 
>> case of a power outage.  To put it another way, and to the best of my 
>> knowledge, the BSD's do not force an fsck on reboots just for safety's 
>> sake when all is well.
> 
> BSD expected you to periodically check your filesystems, but did not
> traditionally implement a mechanism to remind, let alone force, you to
> do so.  In fact, SMM:1, "Installing and Operating 4.4BSD" recommends
> checking file systems EVERY WEEK or so. 

Ignoring net/open BSD..
We aren't talking about Linux 2.0, so let's not talk about BSD 4.4 either :)

In FreeBSD 5 and above, if the file system is marked dirty (because of a
power failure or the like) the system does not stop booting. Background
fsck is run instead.

-Charlie