Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2000 10:36:53 -0400 From: Walter Brameld <brameld@twave.net> To: chip <chip@wiegand.org>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Running FSCK - Was: I'm at a loss for a way to mount this second harddrive Message-ID: <00041510434301.03561@Bozo_3.BozoLand.domain> In-Reply-To: <00041410403500.16045@chip.wiegand.org> References: <00041405315600.02944@Bozo_3.BozoLand.domain> <00041410403500.16045@chip.wiegand.org>
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On Fri, 14 Apr 2000, in a never-ending search for enlightenment, chip wrote: > > > I checked dmesg and you're right. In fact, the warning message was > > > pointing to all my partitions including /cdrom. So I ran fsck and it > > > reported back that the filesystem was still dirty and to re-run fsck, > > > so I did, and kept getting the same results. I read the man pages for > > > fsck and ran fsck -p and fsck -f, not sure which one was most > > > appropriate, but the file system is still 'dirty'. What should I try > > > next to 'clean' the 'dirty' filesystem? > > > > > > -- > > > Chip > > > > I hope you're not trying to run fsck on mounted file systems. > > > > -- > > Walter Brameld > Oops. What's the ramifications of doing so? It appears everything is > still working as normal. How would I run fsck on my root partition, > it gets mounted at boot up automatically of course. And as for the > other partitions that are automounted by fstab, should I comment out > the lines to mount them and then reboot? There must be a better way, > I always heard, read, and seen that the only time one needs to reboot > bsd is for hardware changes. > > -- > Chip Boot up in single user mode. When you get the count-down at bootup, interrupt it by hitting a key (besides RETURN). At the resulting prompt, type 'boot -s'. When all the hoopla stops, hit return to load the default shell, then you can run 'fsck'. Your files systems should be marked clean, and then you can do a normal reboot. I did the same thing as you when first starting out, drove me crazy until I came across the answer. I've read here in the list that running fsck on a mounted file system can cause damage, but like you I was fortunate enough not to experience any. -- Walter Brameld Microsoft: Where do you want to go today? Linux: Where do you want to go tomorrow? BSD: Are you guys coming, or what? Walter: And what does THIS button do?? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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