Sounds like the "clean bit" is the first thing set instead of the last.

#define AUTHOR "Mark_Weaver@brown.edu (Mark_Weaver@brown.edu)"

/*
 * A while back, cgd mentioned that filesystems were sometimes
 * incorrectly marked clean on shutdown, when the syncs didn't properly
 * complete or something like that.
 * 
 * Is this still the case?  If so, maybe the `fsck' in /etc/rc should
 * include the -f option by default.
 * 
 * Apologies if this was an i386-specific issue, I honestly can't
 * remember.
 * 
 * 	Mark
 * --------------------------------------------------------------------
 * Email: Mark_Weaver@brown.edu           | Brown University
 * PGP Key: finger mhw@cs.brown.edu       | Dept of Computer Science
 * 
 */

#undef AUTHOR	/* "Mark_Weaver@brown.edu (Mark_Weaver@brown.edu)" */




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