Otto Moerbeek, 30 Oct 2014 12:59: > fsck_ffs only creates lost+found if it needs to link a lost file, but > it does not do that in preen mode. Preen mode is used by the rc > script.
thank you for the explanation. from the man page it seemed that preen mode is identical to normal mode except 1) uses also /etc/fstab 2) forces -y on "minor" issues. but there are more differences then. -f -- to a cat, "no!" means "not while i'm looking".