Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2002 15:38:36 +0930 From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> To: shubha mr <shubha_mr@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-net@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Failed fsck (was: BSD GOD,save me!) Message-ID: <20020829060836.GI27285@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <20020829044336.34942.qmail@web14605.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20020829044336.34942.qmail@web14605.mail.yahoo.com>
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On Thursday, 29 August 2002 at 5:43:36 +0100, shubha mr wrote: > Hi, > Here is the tragic story! > When I booted my BSD machine this morning,it said > Automatic file system check failed...........help! > Enter full pathname of the shell or RETURN for bin/sh > > I entered /bin/csh (I was not sure tho') In case of doubt, use the default, /bin/sh. > Cannot open /et/termcap Using dumb terminal settings. > > It does not even enter /usr/src..It says no such file > or directory.. Yes, that's fine. It's not mounted yet. First you need to fsck the file systems. For example: # fsck -y / # fsck -y /usr # exit If you get another "automatic fsck failed" message, note the name of the file system and do the same again with it. Greg -- When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. If you don't, I may ignore the reply or reply to the original recipients. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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