From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Apr 15 07:08:56 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA03943 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 15 Apr 1998 07:08:56 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from caladan.tdx.co.uk (caladan.tdx.co.uk [195.188.177.4]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA03927 for ; Wed, 15 Apr 1998 14:08:47 GMT (envelope-from kpielorz@tdx.co.uk) Received: from tdx.co.uk (lorca-tx.tdx.co.uk [195.188.177.242]) by caladan.tdx.co.uk (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA07037; Wed, 15 Apr 1998 15:08:38 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from kpielorz@tdx.co.uk) Message-ID: <3534BF56.EED2808B@tdx.co.uk> Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1998 15:08:22 +0100 From: Karl Pielorz Organization: TDX X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.04 [en] (WinNT; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Matthew Taylor CC: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Something in the way she boots... References: <3534B64D.73874ABF@sprynet.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG It means the system went down with out 'dismounting' the root file system ('/') - It's a bit like pulling the plug on your Windows '95 computer before it gets to the 'it's now safe to shutdown' screen... It doesn't normally do any damage - you'll probably see it fix itself (running a program called 'fsck') as the system comes back up... Regards, Karl Pielorz Matthew Taylor wrote: > > I get a warning that I don't really understand on boot right after the > devices get detected/loaded: > > WARNING: / was not properly dismounted > > What the heck is this? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message