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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msunews!uwm.edu!chi-news.cic.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.sprintlink.net!news.wwwi.com!nntpdist.primenet.com!jdw From: jdw@primenet.com (Jeff Wheelhouse) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Re: Hints on running news under BSDI Date: 30 Oct 1995 00:33:23 GMT Organization: Primenet (602)395-1010 Lines: 12 Message-ID: <4716gj$rih@nnrp3.news.primenet.com> References: <46pmvl$7is@pegasus.starlink.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: usr1.primenet.com NNTP-Posting-User: jdw X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Alan Schneider (alschnei@starlink.com) wrote: : While expiring, linking, and manipulating files, the : daily run report kicks off and starts fsck'ing the drive. I think it was recently pointed out here that the BSDI explanation for doing this nightly fsck check is to "exercise" the drive. Many feel that running news is sufficient exercise, and this check can be skipped. This has ups and downs... just more input. Later, Jeff