From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Sep 14 13:20:52 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from hotmail.com (f284.law9.hotmail.com [64.4.8.159]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8395137B422 for ; Thu, 14 Sep 2000 13:20:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Thu, 14 Sep 2000 13:20:49 -0700 Received: from 12.20.190.1 by lw9fd.law9.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Thu, 14 Sep 2000 20:20:49 GMT X-Originating-IP: [12.20.190.1] From: "gerald stoller" To: K.J.Koster@kpn.com Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: HELP: Disk/file-systems are loused up Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 16:20:49 EDT Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 14 Sep 2000 20:20:49.0354 (UTC) FILETIME=[459B6AA0:01C01E89] Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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. _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message