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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!paladin.american.edu!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.fyionline.com!op.net!candle.pha.pa.us!not-for-mail From: root@candle.pha.pa.us (Bruce Momjian) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.misc Subject: Re: Not doing fsck on reboot Date: 4 Jan 1996 03:35:43 GMT Organization: a consultant's basement Lines: 13 Message-ID: <4cfhuf$q0b@picasso.op.net> References: <4cfdum$oqo@picasso.op.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: s1-03.ppp.op.net X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 950726BETA PL0] Bruce Momjian (root@candle.pha.pa.us) wrote: : If my unix machine was brought down cleanly, I don't understand why an : fsck is performed upon reboot. I see now that there is an option to shutdown that allows for fastboots. I guess I am now wondering why I would not always want to use that flag. -- Bruce Momjian | 830 Blythe Avenue root@candle.pha.pa.us | Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania 19026 + If your life is a hard drive, | (610) 353-9879(w) + Christ can be your backup. | (610) 853-3000(h)