From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Hans Reiser Subject: Re: A couple of questions Date: Thu, 16 May 2002 15:54:25 +0400 Message-ID: <3CE39DF1.5080101@namesys.com> References: <20020516092034.B6880@namesys.com> <3CE37F18.1050201@namesys.com> <20020516154057.A1954@namesys.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: list-help: list-unsubscribe: list-post: List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" To: Oleg Drokin Cc: Steve Pratt , reiserfs-list@namesys.com 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? Hans