From owner-freebsd-bugs Tue Sep 24 08:31:04 1996 Return-Path: owner-bugs Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id IAA26967 for bugs-outgoing; Tue, 24 Sep 1996 08:31:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: from alpha.xerox.com (alpha.Xerox.COM [13.1.64.93]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id IAA26939 for ; Tue, 24 Sep 1996 08:30:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: from crevenia.parc.xerox.com ([13.2.116.11]) by alpha.xerox.com with SMTP id <15498(2)>; Tue, 24 Sep 1996 08:30:17 PDT Received: from localhost by crevenia.parc.xerox.com with SMTP id <177476>; Tue, 24 Sep 1996 08:29:57 -0700 To: Darryl Okahata cc: Bill Fenner , freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Very disturbing boot block problems.. In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 23 Sep 96 23:26:38 PDT." <199609240626.AA001586399@hpnmhjw.sr.hp.com> Date: Tue, 24 Sep 1996 08:29:42 PDT From: Bill Fenner Message-Id: <96Sep24.082957pdt.177476@crevenia.parc.xerox.com> Sender: owner-bugs@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk In message <199609240626.AA001586399@hpnmhjw.sr.hp.com> you write: > Given the small size of your root partition, I can't think of many >possibilities: either a block number is pointing off into deep space >(shouldn't fsck catch this?), or your BIOS geometry is really weird. Well, perhaps I was having filesystem problems while this was happening, since although I haven't changed my bootblocks or kernel, I can't replicate the problem. It used to be every time I built and installed a new kernel I had to worry about whether or not I would get the bogus message. At least, if it happens again, I'll be armed with my new fsdb. Bill