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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!caen!usenet.coe.montana.edu!bsd.coe.montana.edu!nate From: nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu (Nate Williams) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: what is fs_clean for? Date: 1 Oct 1993 15:32:30 GMT Organization: Montana Stateu University, Bozeman MT Lines: 24 Message-ID: <28hiie$it9@pdq.coe.montana.edu> References: <28da76$fhf@acsc.com> <28ekig$an2@wzv.win.tue.nl> NNTP-Posting-Host: bsd.coe.montana.edu In article <28ekig$an2@wzv.win.tue.nl>, Guido van Rooij <guido@gvr.win.tue.nl> wrote: [ FS clean bit patches ] >No, your guess was right. However you need more then just these flags. A >patched fsck that checks these bits plus kernel modifications to unmount >ufs filesystems on reboot. >This was posted a long time ago when only 386bsd existed, but is in the >FreeBSD current source tree and should be available with the net release. >I assume NetBSD has a similar thing, though I am not sure. Unfortunately, FreeBSD does not (yet) have these patches in, and to be completely honest it's probably because no-one has sat down and tested them. So, when they get tested they will be integrated. Nate -- nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu | Freely available *nix clones benefit everyone, nate@cs.montana.edu | so let's not compete with each other, let's work #: (406) 994-4836 | compete with folks who try to tie us down to home #: (406) 586-0579 | proprietary O.S.'s (Microsloth) - Me