From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 26 13:03:01 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7768C16A4CE for ; Fri, 26 Mar 2004 13:03:01 -0800 (PST) Received: from epstais.com (epstais.com [65.214.160.150]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5394A43D41 for ; Fri, 26 Mar 2004 13:03:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from rdawes@epstais.com) Received: from epstais.com (epstais [65.214.160.150]) by epstais.com (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id i2QL2EnL063914; Fri, 26 Mar 2004 13:02:14 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from rdawes@epstais.com) Received: (from rdawes@localhost) by epstais.com (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id i2QL2E2S063910; Fri, 26 Mar 2004 13:02:14 -0800 (PST) Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2004 13:02:14 -0800 From: Richard Dawes To: Kent Stewart Message-ID: <20040326210214.GG91553@epstais.com> References: <20040326180616.GD91553@epstais.com> <200403261155.06808.kstewart@owt.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200403261155.06808.kstewart@owt.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: harddisk problem and/or fsck problem? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2004 21:03:01 -0000 On Fri, Mar 26, 2004 at 11:55:06AM -0800, Kent Stewart wrote: > On Friday 26 March 2004 10:06 am, Richard Dawes wrote: > > Greetings, fellow FreeBSD users! > > > > Everything so far works fine for me, until I drop into single- > > user mode to prep for making world. Even then, it seems OK, > > except for this alarming output of "fsck -p": > > Well, you missed reading something because you are supposed to boot -s > into single user mode. Then, you don't have write access and the fsck > works. > > BTW, the whole point of booting into single user mode is to avoid a bad > kernel. When you drop into single user mode, you aren't testing the new > kernel. > > Kent Doh! Yes, I guess I was reading too quickly. And of course it makes sense that I'd not need to fsck and mount things if I just "drop" into single-user mode. But I wasn't yet testing a new kernel... I haven't yet made the buildworld target. I see later on, though, where I'm supposed to boot -s after installing a newly built kernel. Thanks for your help! -Rich -- Richard Dawes Enhanced Performance Systems rdawes@enhanced-performance.com +01 619 743-0506