On Fri, Jan 27, 2012 at 2:21 PM, Johnny Hughes <johnny@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
> The reason it is not the default in CentOS is because it is not the
> default in RHEL.
>
> As to why it is not the default in RHEL, I can't say for sure ... BUT
> ... -y (auto answer yes) is more dangerous that -p (preen). The
> definition of preen is "to automatically fix any filesystem problems
> that can be safely fixed without human intervention". When you do -y
> instead, it answers yes to everything ... including things that can't be
> fixed "without human intervention". That is not necessarily the safest
> thing to do. If you choose to do this, make sure you have good backups :D
>
I do sort-of understand the difference between the -p and -y - and the
CentOS position on the subject. But seriously, how many people are
going to be able to recover a filesystem better than fsck? And you
need the backups anyway - the disk might really be dead.
--
Les Mikesell
lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx
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