Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2000 17:16:21 -0500 From: "David J. Kanter" <djkanter@nwu.edu> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Fsck on mounted filesystems Message-ID: <20000405171621.A67664@localhost.localdomain> In-Reply-To: <rd6og7oy8dc.fsf@world.std.com>; from lowell@world.std.com on Wed, Apr 05, 2000 at 09:39:43AM -0400 References: <20000403192007.A59646@localhost.localdomain> <rd6og7oy8dc.fsf@world.std.com>
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On Wed, Apr 05, 2000 at 09:39:43AM -0400, Lowell Gilbert wrote:
> Normally, if you really need to fsck on the run, you should shut down
> to single-user mode first, and dismount the filesystem.
I don't see this clearly mentioned in the handbook.
Quoting the makeworld.html page of the handbook:
As the superuser, you can execute
# shutdown now
from a running system, which will drop it to single user mode.
Alternatively, reboot the system, and at the boot prompt, enter the -s
flag. The system will then boot single user. At the shell prompt you
should then run:
# fsck -p
# mount -u /
# mount -a -t ufs
# swapon -a"
I understand this as: do the shutdown now, then all the fsck and mount
stuff; or, reboot with the -s flag and then do all the fsck and mount stuff.
If this isn't the case, then it should be more clearly outlined.
--
David Kanter
djkanter@nwu.edu
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