On 2016-11-24, Peter N. M. Hansteen <pe...@bsdly.net> wrote: > As far as I can remember, OpenBSD does indeed run a file system check at > boot if there are indications that the system did not shut down cleanly. > I don't think the system has changed very much in that respect at all > for a very long time.
Correct. But /etc/rc uses fsck -p which only allows minor repairs automatically and requires intervention for major repairs (which are more likely to lose data). On simple remote firewall boxes (where failing to boot is as big a problem as a toasted filesystem) I modify this. > Next, look into what caused those file systems to go bad in the first > place. Yes, very much this.
