From nobody Mon Mar 18 21:08:08 2024 X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4Tz6ry2cTmz5F195 for ; Mon, 18 Mar 2024 21:08:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fquest@paz.bz) Received: from emailh.ca (emailh.ca [23.235.65.100]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4Tz6rx3smqz4Qy5 for ; Mon, 18 Mar 2024 21:08:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fquest@paz.bz) Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=none; dmarc=none; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of fquest@paz.bz designates 23.235.65.100 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=fquest@paz.bz Received: from d75-155-251-24.bchsia.telus.net ([75.155.251.24] helo=[192.168.1.68]) by emailh.ca with esmtpsa (TLS1.3) tls TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 (Exim 4.94.2) (envelope-from ) id 1rmKDJ-0001Ml-3M; Mon, 18 Mar 2024 14:08:09 -0700 Message-ID: Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2024 14:08:08 -0700 List-Id: User questions List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-questions List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Language: en-US From: Jim Pazarena Subject: reboot forcing a fsck Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spamd-Bar: --- X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-3.29 / 15.00]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-1.00)[-0.999]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-0.999]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+ip4:23.235.65.64/26]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; XM_UA_NO_VERSION(0.01)[]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; RCVD_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; ASN(0.00)[asn:852, ipnet:23.235.64.0/20, country:CA]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; RCVD_TLS_ALL(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_NA(0.00)[]; MLMMJ_DEST(0.00)[freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[]; TO_DN_NONE(0.00)[]; DMARC_NA(0.00)[paz.bz]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; ARC_NA(0.00)[] X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4Tz6rx3smqz4Qy5 I have a server which seems to have a fs issue for my exim folder. an "ls -l" hangs. anything going near the exim folder hangs - for whatever reason. If I trigger a 'reboot', I assume the boot process will automatically enter a fsck as per the documentation. What is unclear is if the system will eventually g et to multi-user mode, or hang at a CLI question from the fsck? I have no hands or eyes available to be there. This is a bare metal chassis not a vm. Would appreciate learning the procedure which fsck uses during a boot. (beyond what the man fsck advises) which seems to exclude this question. Thanks -- Jim Pazarena fquest@paz.bz Haida Gwaii - British Columbia - Canada