From owner-freebsd-questions Wed May 17 15:51:38 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from pop.idx.com.au (pop.idx.com.au [203.14.30.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C570437B757 for ; Wed, 17 May 2000 15:51:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dannyh@idx.com.au) Received: from freebsd.freebsd.org (tntwc01-3-15.idx.com.au [203.166.3.15]) by pop.idx.com.au (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id IAA29760; Thu, 18 May 2000 08:51:26 +1000 From: Danny To: Brown , questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HElp Date: Fri, 19 May 2000 08:56:45 +1000 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.0.21] Content-Type: text/plain References: <3.0.5.32.20000518014102.007958f0@mail.southwest.com.au> MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <00051908582706.00353@freebsd.freebsd.org> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG You have to run fsck. This will prompt you if you want to fix xyz for a while. This should ideally fix your problem Also remember to type in "shutdown -h NOW" to power down properly On Thu, 18 May 2000, Brown wrote: > I have just recently installed my copy of freeBSD 3.1 > when it starts up i get this message > > swapon: /dev/ad1s1a: Block Device Required > Automatic Reboot in progress.... > Can't open /dev/ad1s1a: Device Not Confiqured > /dev/ad1s1a: Can't check file system > /dev/ad1s1a: Unexpected Inconsistency : Run fsck Manally > Automatic file system check failed help ! > > it proceeds and askes enter full pathname of shell > i typed in /bin/sh then pressed enter > > help me please > > steve > sportage@southwest.com.au > > > ----------------------------------------------------- > Click here for Free Video!! > http://www.gohip.com/freevideo/ > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message