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Subject: Re: My computer asks me to run a Manual FSCK
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>/dev/ad4s1a: CAN'T CHECK FILE SYSTEM.
>/dev/ad4s1a: UNEXPECTED INCONSISTENCY; RUN fsck MANUALLY.
>Automatic file system check failed... help!

I find this tends to happen when the disk is on its way out.

I recommend that you back up any important information on
this disk. You can mount a filesystem read-only even without
going through the fsck.


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