Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2007 22:34:04 -0500 From: "illoai@gmail.com" <illoai@gmail.com> To: "Steve Franks" <stevefranks@ieee.org> Cc: User Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: mount -awf, but fsck -y still says "no write" Message-ID: <d7195cff0707162034k28701203ub07e5e4a9b9b3fdf@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <539c60b90707162028o9024cd3s1920aed3d3a5530b@mail.gmail.com> References: <539c60b90707162028o9024cd3s1920aed3d3a5530b@mail.gmail.com>
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On 16/07/07, Steve Franks <stevefranks@ieee.org> wrote: > I really don't feel like reinstalling tonite. I had a bad powersupply > and crashed. Starts up in single user of course, because /var is > fubared. In the past a mount -awf then an fsck -y did the trick, but > now I get NO WRITE in big letters as the first output from fsck, and > it never fixes anything. I tried of course, and I very well can write > to /var, so fsck is confused. Other than wiping it, do I have any > options? fsck does not have a 'force write' option that I can see. > Did I forget some crucial step? It's just a plain old ufs2 drive on > the motherboard pata. Don't mount before fsck. -- --
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