From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Feb 12 15:48:02 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA24035 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Fri, 12 Feb 1999 15:48:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from isis.dynip.com ([139.141.220.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA23997 for ; Fri, 12 Feb 1999 15:47:27 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from root@isis.dynip.com) From: root@isis.dynip.com Received: (from root@localhost) by isis.dynip.com (8.9.2/8.9.1) id CAA09637; Sat, 13 Feb 1999 02:44:33 +0300 (AST) (envelope-from root) Message-Id: <199902122344.CAA09637@isis.dynip.com> Date: Sat, 13 Feb 1999 02:44:33 +0300 (AST) Reply-To: root@isis.dynip.com Subject: Re: fsck manually To: wayne@barnes2.wustl.edu cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <199902122239.QAA00251@barnes2.wustl.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On 12 Feb, Wayne M Barnes wrote: > Dear FreeBSD > > can't stat /dev/wd0s1a: No such file or directory > /dev/wd0s1a: CAN'T CHECK FILE SYSTEM > UNEXPECTED INSCONSISTENCY; RUN fsck MANUALLY > Automatic file system check failed ... help! > > Help is right! Can someone please tell me how to 'fsck MANUALLY? > Is this in the handbook somewhere? My system is: > > FreeBSD barnes2.wustl.edu 3.1-BETA FreeBSD 3.1-BETA #3: Wed Feb 10 18:56:17 CST 1999 > wayne@barnes2.wustl.edu:/usr/src.3.0-stable/sys/compile/GENETHREE i386 > > This happened because of a (careless) power outage as the system > was halting. Am I totally screwed? > > - Wayne M. Barnes wayne@barnes2.wustl.edu > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message Hi there, Thankfully you are not without luck. The system is setup to check all file systems, primarily / , /usr , /var at boot time, if there's is no lost+found directory it usually surrenders to its master (you) for help. So, you'll have to run the following after you are thrown into single user mode, (I mean at the same point you mentioned in your message); fsck -y / /usr /var this may be repeated as necessary until all errors are corrected. After you boot successfully, please help fsck to be more robust by manually creating the following directories; /lost+found /usr/lost+found /var/lost+found good luck. -- - MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU. ~o .^. ---------------------------- ___ o~ .00 ) Static Email : osiris2002@yahoo.com /| o~ /)( Bouncing Email : root@isis.dynip.com / | | \ Web Site : http://isis.dynip.com:80 (Frames) ___/ | / \ Anon FTP Site : ftp://isis.dynip.com:21 (anonymous) | /''___/ / | Gopher Site : gopher://isis.dynip.com:70 | /'''/___/ | Network News : isis.dynip.com (Read, Post, Xfer) __|/'''/ Mailing Lists : majordomo@isis.dynip.com (public) pgp key : finger root@isis.dynip.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message