From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 12 20:20:39 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AB4CD16A420 for ; Thu, 12 Jan 2006 20:20:39 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from fbsd_user@a1poweruser.com) Received: from mta13.adelphia.net (mta13.adelphia.net [68.168.78.44]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D3B3D43D45 for ; Thu, 12 Jan 2006 20:20:34 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from fbsd_user@a1poweruser.com) Received: from barbish ([24.50.210.221]) by mta13.adelphia.net (InterMail vM.6.01.05.02 201-2131-123-102-20050715) with SMTP id <20060112202034.CUUY8904.mta13.adelphia.net@barbish>; Thu, 12 Jan 2006 15:20:34 -0500 From: "fbsd_user" To: "Garrett Cooper" , Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 15:20:33 -0500 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) In-Reply-To: X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1409 Importance: Normal Cc: Subject: RE: have bad stab causing boot error X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: fbsd_user@a1poweruser.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 20:20:39 -0000 On Jan 12, 2006, at 11:03 AM, fbsd_user wrote: > fstab is bad and boot drops me into "manual root filesystems spec" > > I answer ufs:ad0s1a > and get these messages > "warning / was not properly dismounted" > "warning R/W of / denied. filesystem is not clean run fcsk" > > when I enter fsck command nothing happens. > What is procedure to follow here??? Once it asks you for your shell in single user mode, you either choose it or just press enter for /bin/sh, and then you want to do this: # mount -o rw /dev/ad0s1a / #mount -a works nicely here too. # /sbin/fsck /dev/ad0s1a Be wary of fixing any issues if you don't have softupdates enabled. Also, you should fsck any other slices that you had mounted at the previous time when the system was improperly shutdown / the filesystems improperly dismounted. -Garrett _______________________________________________ -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Garrett Cooper Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2006 3:02 PM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: have bad fstab causing boot error nope that did not work. by the way this is 5.4 version get this message "warning R/W of / denied. filesystem is not clean run fcsk" mount with /dev in it get syntax error