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From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Power failure Reboots
Date: 11 Aug 1996 07:07:41 GMT
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Halaster <halaster@chalacyn.pronex.com> wrote:

> Is there an easy way (maybe besides changing the source code
> of the kernel?) to make FreeBSD AUTOMATICALLY answer yes to 
> the Superflag not set reboot question (caused from not shutting
> down correctly)?

You mean the ``Clean flag not set in superblock''?

This and quite many other benign messages are automatically answered
with `y' when running fsck -p (``preening''), as it is supposed to
happen at reboot time.  Some more serious problems are not automatic-
ally fixed and require manual intervention since they are believed to
be fatal enough so the integrity of the system is in big danger.

However, you can use fsck -y if you think they should also be fixed
automatically.  This is a ``Go or die!'' philosophy however.

-- 
cheers, J"org

joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)