Power outages cause problems

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danaeckel

Greetings all,

I have a home FreeBSD server and with everybody's help it is running great. However I have one issue, if there is a thunderstorm and the power goes out my server can't mount the USB HDD and halts into single user mode killing my network until I can get around to fix it. Right now I use this 1TB drive for Windows backup as well as a backups for Mac.

Is it possible to set it up to autofix during boot if it is unmountable, also if I were to unplug the drive it could ignore that fact and boot? My wife isn't happy when this happens while I am at work.

Thank you!
Dana
 
Use all filesystems (including root) on ZFS and this problem goes away. You need at least 1GB of RAM and 64bit processor.

PCBSD-9 has a nice installer for a ZFS installation.
 
The simplest solution is to simply unhook the drive before the power goes out. Another option, if this happens regularly, is to invest in a UPS.
 
SirDice said:
Another option, if this happens regularly, is to invest in a UPS.
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I second that. Even a 40-USD one would be better than nothing. It will fix the problem at the root and will serve you for many years.
 
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