Date: Tue, 24 Sep 1996 08:29:42 PDT From: Bill Fenner <fenner@parc.xerox.com> To: Darryl Okahata <darrylo@hpnmhjw.sr.hp.com> Cc: Bill Fenner <fenner@parc.xerox.com>, freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Very disturbing boot block problems.. Message-ID: <96Sep24.082957pdt.177476@crevenia.parc.xerox.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 23 Sep 96 23:26:38 PDT." <199609240626.AA001586399@hpnmhjw.sr.hp.com>
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In message <199609240626.AA001586399@hpnmhjw.sr.hp.com> you write: > Given the small size of your root partition, I can't think of many >possibilities: either a block number is pointing off into deep space >(shouldn't fsck catch this?), or your BIOS geometry is really weird. Well, perhaps I was having filesystem problems while this was happening, since although I haven't changed my bootblocks or kernel, I can't replicate the problem. It used to be every time I built and installed a new kernel I had to worry about whether or not I would get the bogus message. At least, if it happens again, I'll be armed with my new fsdb. Bill
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