From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 23 22:36:09 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7804016A403 for ; Tue, 23 Jan 2007 22:36:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ticso@cicely12.cicely.de) Received: from raven.bwct.de (raven.bwct.de [85.159.14.73]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B8F8113C4C2 for ; Tue, 23 Jan 2007 22:36:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ticso@cicely12.cicely.de) Received: from cicely5.cicely.de ([10.1.1.7]) by raven.bwct.de (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id l0NMJl9w042313; Tue, 23 Jan 2007 23:19:47 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from ticso@cicely12.cicely.de) Received: from cicely12.cicely.de (cicely12.cicely.de [10.1.1.14]) by cicely5.cicely.de (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id l0NMJbpY037204 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Tue, 23 Jan 2007 23:19:37 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from ticso@cicely12.cicely.de) Received: from cicely12.cicely.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by cicely12.cicely.de (8.13.4/8.13.3) with ESMTP id l0NMJbTB037343; Tue, 23 Jan 2007 23:19:37 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from ticso@cicely12.cicely.de) Received: (from ticso@localhost) by cicely12.cicely.de (8.13.4/8.13.3/Submit) id l0NMJaIR037342; Tue, 23 Jan 2007 23:19:36 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from ticso) Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 23:19:36 +0100 From: Bernd Walter To: Rod Person Message-ID: <20070123221935.GZ23068@cicely12.cicely.de> References: <20070119173627.15ff4286@atomizer.opensourcebeef.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20070119173627.15ff4286@atomizer.opensourcebeef.net> X-Operating-System: FreeBSD cicely12.cicely.de 5.4-STABLE alpha User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.4 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED=-1.8, BAYES_00=-2.599 autolearn=ham version=3.1.7 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.7 (2006-10-05) on cicely12.cicely.de Cc: "freebsd-current@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: Problem with fsck on CURRENT?? X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: ticso@cicely.de List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 22:36:09 -0000 On Fri, Jan 19, 2007 at 05:36:27PM -0500, Rod Person wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > > I'm not sure if this is a problem or is normal but here it is. > > I have an external ATAPI drive that is connected to my machine via > firewire (that case also has a usb2 connection). My system crashed so I > needed to fsck this disk. Now however I start fsck it does not allow me > to answer 'Y' to any of the question - it answer N automatically. > > I've tried starting fsck with -y and that seems to do nothing! The > drive is formatted with a UFS2 file system and I have to invoke fsck > like this: > > fsck -t ufs /mnt > > Otherwise it claims not to be able to tell what file system type it is? > I'm just wondering is this normal for external drives even if they are > formatted with a native file system? Fsck doesn't act this why with my > internal SCSI drives? fsck get's the FS type from /etc/fstab. The other part is already aswered it seems. -- B.Walter http://www.bwct.de http://www.fizon.de bernd@bwct.de info@bwct.de support@fizon.de