Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2007 07:50:38 +0200 From: Zbigniew Szalbot <zbigniew@szalbot.homedns.org> To: Freebsd questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: fsck to fix HD problem Message-ID: <460a65190bb88ed0676417e1033dd160@szalbot.homedns.org> In-Reply-To: <d7195cff0707242244q3263040dy1267a40b1be0437f@mail.gmail.com> References: <d7195cff0707242244q3263040dy1267a40b1be0437f@mail.gmail.com>
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Hello, >> so I decided to use fsck to check my HD. I ran it >> in the foreground mode with the -y flag. It gives me the below >> information. My question is - should I worry (it is more a home machine >> than a real server) and if yes, how can I fix the problem? > . . . > > To do anything more than merely report problems > you should drop into single-user mode, unmount > everything except root (hopefully. If it gets angry, > reboot into single-user mode.) and run fsck (as is > or with the -y flag if you feel daring.) on the filesystems > in question. Is the single-user mode necessary. As it is a family machine I know when I am the only one using it. > > As an aside, you might want to figure out why your > machine fell over, so as to possibly avoid this in > the future (such as it is). Lack of UPS and sudden power outage. Thank you! -- Zbigniew Szalbot
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