From owner-freebsd-current Thu Mar 14 17:58:19 1996 Return-Path: owner-current Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id RAA19505 for current-outgoing; Thu, 14 Mar 1996 17:58:19 -0800 (PST) Received: from who.cdrom.com (who.cdrom.com [204.216.27.3]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id RAA19500 for ; Thu, 14 Mar 1996 17:58:17 -0800 (PST) Received: from ibp.ibp.fr (ibp.ibp.fr [132.227.60.30]) by who.cdrom.com (8.6.12/8.6.11) with ESMTP id RAA11958 for ; Thu, 14 Mar 1996 17:58:16 -0800 Received: from blaise.ibp.fr (blaise.ibp.fr [132.227.60.1]) by ibp.ibp.fr (8.6.12/jtpda-5.0) with ESMTP id CAA12393 for ; Fri, 15 Mar 1996 02:56:50 +0100 Received: from (uucp@localhost) by blaise.ibp.fr (8.6.12/jtpda-5.0) with UUCP id CAA25445 for current@freebsd.org; Fri, 15 Mar 1996 02:56:49 +0100 Received: (uucp@localhost) by fasterix.frmug.fr.net (8.6.11/fasterix-941011) with UUCP id CAA14003 for current@freebsd.org; Fri, 15 Mar 1996 02:32:17 +0100 Received: (from regnauld@localhost) by tetard.frmug.fr.net (8.7.4/8.7.3/tetard-uucp-2.7) id XAA00392 for current@freebsd.org; Thu, 14 Mar 1996 23:09:31 +0100 (MET) From: Philippe Regnauld Message-Id: <199603142209.XAA00392@tetard.frmug.fr.net> Subject: Mount and fsck do not seem to recognize swap partitions To: current@freebsd.org (current) Date: Thu, 14 Mar 1996 23:09:30 +0100 (MET) X-rene: Tu dois pas les avoir perdues, normalement. X-wing-fighter: et puis X-men, X-open, X-ta-mere... X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-current@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Unless my memory fails me, I seem to remember that mount *should* (and used to) make the difference between FFS (or any mountable) and swap partitions. Tonight, I mistakenly tried the following: mount /dev/sd2b /mnt I had mount reply 'bad dir info' something and WHAP! Panic. I tried it a second time and it suggested to me that I run fsck! Being in an evil mood, I did -- fsck just went ahead asking me questions as if all was normal. - Isn't mount supposed to tell the difference ? - Isn't fsck also ? -- Phil -- - [ regnauld@tetard.frmug.fr.net / +48.8N+2.3E / +33 1 4507 9391 / Sol 3 ] - - [ regnauld@freenix.fr / FreeBSD 2.x / ] - "Le schtroumpf est à l'homme ce que le bleu est au billard" - F.Berjon