From owner-freebsd-bugs Thu Feb 19 18:25:43 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id SAA19492 for freebsd-bugs-outgoing; Thu, 19 Feb 1998 18:25:43 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from cinnamon.michvhf.com (cinnamon.michvhf.com [209.57.60.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id SAA19471 for ; Thu, 19 Feb 1998 18:25:35 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from vev@michvhf.com) Received: (qmail 17803 invoked from network); 20 Feb 1998 02:25:15 -0000 Received: from paprika.michvhf.com (HELO michvhf.com) (209.57.60.12) by cinnamon.michvhf.com with SMTP; 20 Feb 1998 02:25:15 -0000 Date: Thu, 19 Feb 1998 21:27:30 -0500 (est) From: Vince Vielhaber To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: gotcha with fsck? Message-ID: Organization: Right X-X-Sender: vev@cinnamon.michvhf.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org It seems that on those not so nice occasions where fsck needs to interact with the operator it also needs /usr/libexec/getty. Here's the problem. FreeBSD 2.2.5 (new CD from Walnut Creek) with 2 IDE drives, one is /usr and the other is / (and everything else that goes with it). Fsck musta had a bigger problem where it needed to ask the operator questions but it's hung at this point. I can probably boot from floppy or even repair the disks on another machine but when the server's in a remote location this won't be an easy task. There should at least be an automatic mode to get it up enough to repair it if not just plain fix it. Hell, the majority of the time the operator's not going to understand the gibberish that fsck's asking it anyway. Perhaps a timeout till automatic mode kicks in would fix it. Any suggested workarounds? I *was* planning on putting this machine into service this weekend at a remote location but I'm thinking I'll hold off for now (as long as the other machine is still breathing :) Note: I'm not on any of the FreeBSD lists at this time, so please at least CC me on anything. Vince. -- ========================================================================== Vince Vielhaber -- KA8CSH email: vev@michvhf.com flame-mail: /dev/null # include TEAM-OS2 Online Searchable Campground Listings http://www.camping-usa.com "I'm just not a fan of promoting stupidity! We have elected officials for that job!" -- Rock ========================================================================== To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message