From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jan 6 19:24:19 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ED3BC37B401 for ; Mon, 6 Jan 2003 19:24:17 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail.au.darkbluesea.com (mail.au.darkbluesea.com [203.185.208.1]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 78D9F43E4A for ; Mon, 6 Jan 2003 19:24:16 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from d.anker@au.darkbluesea.com) Received: (qmail 60366 invoked by uid 82); 7 Jan 2003 03:20:23 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?10.0.0.188?) (10.0.0.188) by bandit.au.darkbluesea.com with SMTP; 7 Jan 2003 03:20:23 -0000 Subject: Re: "Automatic file system check failed . . . help!" From: Duncan Anker To: "Martinez, Joey" Cc: "'questions@freebsd.org'" In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Dark Blue Sea Message-Id: <1041909872.14397.101.camel@duncan.au.darkbluesea.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.0 Date: 07 Jan 2003 13:24:32 +1000 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, 2003-01-07 at 12:39, Martinez, Joey wrote: > Hello FreeBSD folks! > > I have just built my first desktop and I am trying to install FreeBSD. > FreeBSD is the only OS in this machine so I was praying for a smooth > installation. I have encountered my first. The error message says, > > "Automatic file system check failed . . . help!" > > The message is followed by "Enter full pathname or RETURN for /bin/sh" > > Please help me. :) > If the automatic check fails, you have to run it manually. I'm surprised it didn't tell you that, usually it does (at least it always has for me). Press RETURN to get your shell, then type: # fsck -y leave out the -y if you want to play it safe and not automatically repair problems. You may also need to give the full path, /sbin/fsck -- The information contained in this email is confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, you may not disclose or use the information in this email in any way. Dark Blue Sea does not guarantee the integrity of any emails or attached files. The views or opinions expressed are the author's own and may not reflect the views or opinions of Dark Blue Sea. Dark Blue Sea does not warrant that any attachments are free from viruses or other defects. You assume all liability for any loss, damage or other consequences which may arise from opening or using the attachments. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message