Re: snapshot support for fsck_ffs

[Rhialto <rhialto%falu.nl@localhost>]

On Sun 24 Aug 2008 at 17:51:06 +0200, Manuel Bouyer wrote:
> Hi,
> the attached diff adds snapshot support for fsck_ffs (via -x or -X options,
> like dump(8)). The point is to have fsck_ffs optionally take a snapshot
> of a R/W mounted filesystem before checking it, to avoid errors related
> to the filesystem being live. Obviously this will only work with -n, the
> code enforce this.

Will this (easily) be made to work as in FreeBSD, where, as I understand
it, at reboot time fsck is run on a snapshot in the background?

-Olaf.
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