Date: Sun, 28 Nov 1999 16:13:37 +0000 From: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org> To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> Cc: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org>, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG, brian@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org Subject: Re: HEADS UP - don't forget to MAKEDEV Message-ID: <199911281613.QAA00986@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org> In-Reply-To: Message from Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> of "Sun, 28 Nov 1999 16:55:27 %2B0100." <16442.943804527@critter.freebsd.dk>
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> In message <199911281541.PAA00555@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org>, Brian Somers writes:
> >Hi,
> >
> >Just a quick HEADS UP.... since the final bits of the block device
> >removal have gone in, it's now possible to dig yourself a hole if you
> >forget to MAKEDEV your disk devices (with the latest version of
> >MAKEDEV) and end up with a corrupt disk at boot.... fsck will fail
> >to set the device clean. You've then got to mount -f /, MAKEDEV your
> >disk devices, fsck them and then reboot.
>
> I hope this is not true. I think fsck sets the device clean, but
> the "reload" of the root filesystem seems to fail still. If you
> get in this situation try this:
>
> fsck -p
> reboot
> you should now come up with no problem, if not send me email!
Well, before doing the MAKEDEV, it didn't *say* it was setting the
device clean :-( After the mount -f/MAKEDEV, it did say it was
setting it clean, but still wouldn't mount without -f or a reboot.
> --
> Poul-Henning Kamp FreeBSD coreteam member
> phk@FreeBSD.ORG "Real hackers run -current on their laptop."
> FreeBSD -- It will take a long time before progress goes too far!
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