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Subject: Re: fsck messages on a reboot
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Date: 15 Dec 89 10:36:29 GMT
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/* Written  6:25 am  Dec 12, 1989 by dennisg@kgw2.UUCP in uxa.cso.uiuc.edu:comp.sys.next */
>> I think there's probably a "filesystem dirty" flag in the
>> 
>> Am I correct?
>> 
>
>i remember reading somewhere that there is a dirty flag.  it might have
>been the monitor docs.

There may be, but I do know for sure that there is a clean flag put on each
device when it is unmounted.  It is also removed when it is mounted, so you
get mildly interesting results if you actually watch the mount process.

Michael Rutman
SoftMed
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