[Grml] Re: Filesystem not clean on boot up

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On Fri, 15 Sep 2006 23:23:58 +0200, Michael Prokop wrote:

>> What's the difference between using the command "reboot" and let the
>> keyboard trigger the "init 6" to reboot?
> 
>> I notice I always get the "Filesystem not clean" message having switched
>> over to grml when rebooting. I trigger the reboot via keyboard to issue
>> init 6. Didn't notice so when using Debian Sarge though.
> 
> Hm strange. How do you trigger the reboot? Via /etc/inittab? How does your
> configuration look like?

$ grep -A1 CTRL-ALT-DEL /etc/inittab
# What to do when CTRL-ALT-DEL is pressed.
ca::ctrlaltdel:/etc/init 6

>> Can I rely on keyboard/HW triggers for reboot or poweroff, or I'd
>> better type the command? Or, the Grml is more a live system which has
>> skips some steps that normal non-live systems will do when shutdown?
> 
> No, a harddisk installation of grml should work as any other harddisk
> system. If you notice any problems there it's a bug which has to be
> debugged.

One thing is that recently I have to use bind mount for some testing, and
for some weired reasons, I can't even unmount some of the bind mount
points manually, especially when the /dev is bind mounted.

However, I've noticed that even I don't do anything, eg, power HD grml up,
startx, quit X, reboot, I get "Filesystem not clean" as well. Just for
such cases, there are far less inodes to repair.

>> I'm using the reiserfs systems.
> 
> Well, you know:
> 
> | <gorny> reiserfs, making files and wives dissapear in an instant

yeah, mika, I know your attitude towards reiserfs. That's why I stated it
there. :-) but because of my own experience with ext3 and reiserfs, and my
current environment, I have to stick to reiserfs for a while, until I can
afford to buy a $20 UPS or something...

I have to say that my grml root fs, which is ext3, didn't seems to need
repair. But I can't say it for sure because the repair message fill the
screen so quickly even scroll up won't help. However, it shouldn't
be necessary because it is more a read-only fs most of the time.