From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 22 06:14:20 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EC3AC16A403 for ; Mon, 22 Jan 2007 06:14:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from anderson@centtech.com) Received: from mh1.centtech.com (moat3.centtech.com [64.129.166.50]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C1CB713C44B for ; Mon, 22 Jan 2007 06:14:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from anderson@centtech.com) Received: from [192.168.42.21] (andersonbox1.centtech.com [192.168.42.21]) by mh1.centtech.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l0M6EIDN006143; Mon, 22 Jan 2007 00:14:18 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from anderson@centtech.com) Message-ID: <45B4563D.8010507@centtech.com> Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 00:14:21 -0600 From: Eric Anderson User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.9 (X11/20070121) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Rod Person References: <20070119173627.15ff4286@atomizer.opensourcebeef.net> In-Reply-To: <20070119173627.15ff4286@atomizer.opensourcebeef.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.88.4/2476/Sun Jan 21 10:22:33 2007 on mh1.centtech.com X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.5 required=8.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.1.6 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.6 (2006-10-03) on mh1.centtech.com Cc: "freebsd-current@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: Problem with fsck on CURRENT?? X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 06:14:21 -0000 On 01/19/07 16:36, Rod Person wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > > I'm not sure if this is a problem or is normal but here it is. > > I have an external ATAPI drive that is connected to my machine via > firewire (that case also has a usb2 connection). My system crashed so I > needed to fsck this disk. Now however I start fsck it does not allow me > to answer 'Y' to any of the question - it answer N automatically. > > I've tried starting fsck with -y and that seems to do nothing! The > drive is formatted with a UFS2 file system and I have to invoke fsck > like this: > > fsck -t ufs /mnt > > Otherwise it claims not to be able to tell what file system type it is? > I'm just wondering is this normal for external drives even if they are > formatted with a native file system? Fsck doesn't act this why with my > internal SCSI drives? Without doing a background fsck, fsck won't allow writes to the disk if the partition is mounted. Try unmounting the file system, and running fsck again. Also, you should include more details about your device/partition/slices/etc in order to get a better response on the second part of your question. Eric -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Eric Anderson Sr. Systems Administrator Centaur Technology An undefined problem has an infinite number of solutions. ------------------------------------------------------------------------