Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2003 18:59:02 +0000 (GMT) From: John Duffey <jduffey@freeuk.com> To: Rishi Chopra <rchopra@cal.berkeley.edu> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problem Booting (Bad Super Block) Message-ID: <4c5891f161jduffey@freeuk.com> In-Reply-To: <3FC70DA2.5070002@cal.berkeley.edu> References: <3FC70DA2.5070002@cal.berkeley.edu>
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On 28 Nov, Rishi Chopra <rchopra@cal.berkeley.edu> wrote: > /dev/da0s1a: BAD SUPER BLOCK: VALUES IN SUPER BLOCK DISAGREE > WITH THOSE IN FIRST ALTERNATE /dev/da0s1a: UNEXPECTED > INCONSISTENCY: RUN fsck MANUALLY > How can I fix this error so that the machine boots normally? > I am unable to run fsck from the prompt by just typing > 'fsck'.... I have this problem quite often in my version - 5.1-Release #9. The trick is to never reboot. <g> The bad superblock is always found on my second partition, mounted on /disc2 (of which I use half a gig as swap space, the other 5.5gigs do absolutely nowt) Sorry. Let's cut to the chase. Type "newfs /dev/da0s1a" and you should get back on the ball fairly quickly. John --
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