From owner-freebsd-current Sun Nov 28 7:49:36 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from awfulhak.org (dynamic-35.max4-du-ws.dialnetwork.pavilion.co.uk [212.74.9.163]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 220D714F4F for ; Sun, 28 Nov 1999 07:49:15 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from brian@Awfulhak.org) Received: from hak.lan.Awfulhak.org (root@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org [172.16.0.12]) by awfulhak.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id PAA01959 for ; Sun, 28 Nov 1999 15:41:05 GMT (envelope-from brian@lan.awfulhak.org) Received: from hak.lan.Awfulhak.org (brian@localhost.lan.Awfulhak.org [127.0.0.1]) by hak.lan.Awfulhak.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id PAA00555 for ; Sun, 28 Nov 1999 15:41:22 GMT (envelope-from brian@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org) Message-Id: <199911281541.PAA00555@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.1.0 09/18/1999 To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org Subject: HEADS UP - don't forget to MAKEDEV Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sun, 28 Nov 1999 15:41:22 +0000 From: Brian Somers Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi, Just a quick HEADS UP.... since the final bits of the block device removal have gone in, it's now possible to dig yourself a hole if you forget to MAKEDEV your disk devices (with the latest version of MAKEDEV) and end up with a corrupt disk at boot.... fsck will fail to set the device clean. You've then got to mount -f /, MAKEDEV your disk devices, fsck them and then reboot. -- Brian Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour ! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message