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Date:      Mon, 14 Aug 2000 21:12:24 -0700
From:      Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net>
To:        "Tyson N. Trebesch" <trebesch@mcn.net>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: A note about fsck
Message-ID:  <20000814211224.V4854@fw.wintelcom.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0008142142170.77682-100000@mazer.mcn.net>; from trebesch@mcn.net on Mon, Aug 14, 2000 at 09:48:55PM -0600
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0008142142170.77682-100000@mazer.mcn.net>

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* Tyson N. Trebesch <trebesch@mcn.net> [000814 21:00] wrote:
> 
> In general, it is a good idea to use fsck on the raw device and not the
> block device when you're interested in fixing the filesystem.  That is,
> 
> fsck /dev/rad0s1a
> 
>  is probably better than
> 
> fsck /dev/ad0s1a
> 
> given inconsistencies that arise between the block device and the buffer
> cache.

Actually afaik FreeBSD doesn't support block devices anymore since 4.0.

:)

-Alfred


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