Steve Pratt wrote: >Hans Reiser wrote: > > >>Oleg Drokin wrote: >> >> > > > >>>Hello! >>> >>>On Thu, May 16, 2002 at 01:42:48PM +0400, Hans Reiser wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>>>Second, what is the option to keep fsck from prompting for 'Yes' when >>>>>>running. I need to exec this without additional input. Seems like >>>>>> >>>>>> >quiet > > >>>>>>should do it, but it doesn't. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>Hans has a decision that this should not be done for now because >>>>>reiserfsprogs are in active bugfixing stage. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>? >>>>I don't understand this.:-/ >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>You have said "We do not trust reiserfsck to be run automatically without >>>user confirmation" >>> >>>Bye, >>> Oleg >>> >>> >>> >>> >>Ah, now I remember the conversation. Yes, if we put the option in, >>someone will get the bright idea to run it at every boot (and they might >>be a distro or appliance vendor:-/), and fsck is not as reliable as >>journaling so this should not be done. >> >> > > > >>So, why do you want to exec it without additional input? >> >> > >Because I have already prompted for input from the EVMS interface. The >FSIMs in EVMS provide for EVMS to coordinate actions with the file systems >such are shrinking the filesystem before shrinking the volume. We also >provide interfaces for mkfs, fsck and defrag (if supported by the file >system). So the FSIM prompts for all of the options to be passed to the >file system utility and then invokes it. In the case of fsck I have >already prompted for all the options and the user is explicitly asking for >fsck on this volume. Since the prompt is output on stdout it may not be >visible to a GUI user. > >Steve > > > > >Hans > > > > > > > > > > Do you print the reiserfs credits?
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