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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!

-- 
Brian <brian@Awfulhak.org>                        <brian@FreeBSD.org>
      <http://www.Awfulhak.org>;                   <brian@OpenBSD.org>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour !          <brian@FreeBSD.org.uk>




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