Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 16:20:49 EDT From: "gerald stoller" <gerald_stoller@hotmail.com> To: K.J.Koster@kpn.com Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: HELP: Disk/file-systems are loused up Message-ID: <F284ev6hNo6j3wsGSaV0000c7b8@hotmail.com>
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Koster, K.J. writes
>Subject: RE: HELP: Disk/file-systems are loused up
>Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 10:16:38 +0100
>
>Hello Gerald,
>
> >
> > I started up my (version 3.3 ) freeBSD , and the
> > first thing that I did
> > was mount a MSDOS diskette and did a find on it (with
> > -name "*hd*" ).
> > I got three lines of output stating something like 'date
> > error; month (14)
> > out of range', then a long pause (during which I typed
> > several ctl-C's ),
> > and the system crashed. I booted immediately, and the system
> > informed me
> > (after the boot) that the disk is loused up and I should run
> > fsck , which I
> > did. I ran it several times and it didn't fix the problem
> > until I ran
> > fsck -p . I tried the find again, with the same
> > results, but this time I
> > withdrew the floppy during the pause trying for another type
> > of termination
> > to the find (rather than a system crash, I was hoping for a
> > message that
> > the device was inaccessible and that I could respond in such
> > a way that the
> > command would abort). Unfortunately, the system crashed
> > again. This time,
> > no matter what I did with fsck I couldn't get the file
> > systems cleaned up.
> > Any suggestions?
> >
>From your text it is not clear what you are fsck-ing. You cannot fsck an
>MSDOS floppy. fsck is only for your harddisk after the crash.
>
>First boot some form of MSDOS or windows and use some form of scandisk to
>fix the filesystem on the floppy. A broken filesystem on a floppy (or any
>other device for that matter) *will" panic your system.
>
>I suggest that after you found what you were looking for, you bin the
>floppy. One broken sector indicates it's about to die completely.
>
> Kees Jan
>
The fsck was operating on and reporting on the hard disk; the floppy
was not even mounted while I was booting. Since fsck in all the
variations with which I am familiar didn't fix the disk, I am trying to find
another variation or another program to run which will complete the job
without causing any disasters.
I also think that the find program should be checked to see why it
crashed and fix it to keep it from doing similarly in the future; I don't
know whom to contact as yet.
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