From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 11 02:22:00 2005 Return-Path: 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 4133D16A4CE for ; Fri, 11 Mar 2005 02:22:00 +0000 (GMT) Received: from dan.emsphone.com (dan.emsphone.com [199.67.51.101]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C0FE943D1F for ; Fri, 11 Mar 2005 02:21:59 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dan@dan.emsphone.com) Received: (from dan@localhost) by dan.emsphone.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) id j2B2LxPZ028464 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 10 Mar 2005 20:21:59 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from dan) Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2005 20:21:59 -0600 From: Dan Nelson To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20050311022158.GA92140@dan.emsphone.com> References: <813975182.20050311030827@wanadoo.fr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <813975182.20050311030827@wanadoo.fr> X-OS: FreeBSD 5.4-PRERELEASE X-message-flag: Outlook Error User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.8i Subject: Re: fsck errors on a running system that disappear in single-user mode X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2005 02:22:00 -0000 In the last episode (Mar 11), Anthony Atkielski said: > I ran fsck on a running system (check only, no changes), and it turned > up some inconsistencies. So I rebooted into single-user mode and ran it > again, but then everything checked out fine. I presume this is because > fsck is looking at filesystems that are changing right in front of its > eyes on a running system, which leads to inconsistencies that really > don't mean anything ... right? Correct. -- Dan Nelson dnelson@allantgroup.com