From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 11 14:43:04 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 4651D16A4CE for ; Fri, 11 Mar 2005 14:43:04 +0000 (GMT) Received: from clunix.cl.msu.edu (clunix.cl.msu.edu [35.9.2.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C72ED43D2F for ; Fri, 11 Mar 2005 14:43:03 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu) Received: (from jerrymc@localhost) by clunix.cl.msu.edu (8.11.7p1+Sun/8.11.7) id j2BEh2s02308; Fri, 11 Mar 2005 09:43:02 -0500 (EST) From: Jerry McAllister Message-Id: <200503111443.j2BEh2s02308@clunix.cl.msu.edu> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2005 09:43:02 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <813975182.20050311030827@wanadoo.fr> from "Anthony Atkielski" at Mar 11, 2005 03:08:27 AM X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL2] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: Jerry McAllister 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 14:43:04 -0000 > > 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? Yes. At least most likely. There could possibly a real inconsistency, but it would be difficult on a running system to distinguish it from the artifacts you point out above. ////jerry > > -- > Anthony >