From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Apr 15 15:15:52 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from pioneernet.net (pop3.islandtransit.org [208.240.196.29]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 19B8C37B771 for ; Sat, 15 Apr 2000 15:15:49 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from chip@wiegand.org) Received: from chip.wiegand.org [208.194.173.26] by pioneernet.net (SMTPD32-6.00) id AB00CE870736; Sat, 15 Apr 2000 15:19:44 -0700 From: chip To: Walter Brameld , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Running FSCK - Was: I'm at a loss for a way to mount this second harddrive Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2000 15:16:38 -0700 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.0.21] Content-Type: text/plain References: <00041510434301.03561@Bozo_3.BozoLand.domain> MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <00041515171800.85665@chip.wiegand.org> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > Boot up in single user mode. When you get the count-down at bootup, > interrupt it by hitting a key (besides RETURN). At the resulting > prompt, type 'boot -s'. When all the hoopla stops, hit return to load > the default shell, then you can run 'fsck'. Your files systems should > be marked clean, and then you can do a normal reboot. > > I did the same thing as you when first starting out, drove me crazy > until I came across the answer. I've read here in the list that running > fsck on a mounted file system can cause damage, but like you I was > fortunate enough not to experience any. > > -- > Walter Brameld Thanks, that did the trick. -- Chip www.wiegand.org ***** Visit my web site - Alternative Operating Systems - MS Windows isn't the only OS in town. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message