From owner-freebsd-current Sat Oct 26 14:51:34 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6189437B401 for ; Sat, 26 Oct 2002 14:51:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: from rootlabs.com (root.org [67.118.192.226]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 055EB43E42 for ; Sat, 26 Oct 2002 14:51:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from nate@rootlabs.com) Received: (qmail 78641 invoked by uid 1000); 26 Oct 2002 21:51:34 -0000 Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2002 14:51:34 -0700 (PDT) From: Nate Lawson To: Dave Evans Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: df problems ? In-Reply-To: <1035664873snx@hclb.demon.co.uk> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, 26 Oct 2002, Dave Evans wrote: > > This is all very true for 4.7, but what about earlier versions. > > > > I compiled fsck using 4.7 srcs, includes and hierarchy with 4.0 > > libraries and tools, so that I could have an fsck I could use with my > > 4.0 CDROM (the latest one I have, unfortunately) to repair any changes > > made by my CURRENT system. It does compile with the same errors you get > > on a true 4.7 system about unsigned/signed comparisons. It even works as > > a program, but it does not repair the filesystem properly to be > > compatible with 4.0. You get an instant panic when going multi-user. > > This is a real nuisance as it blows my recovery strategy should I ever > > need it. If someone could figure out how to fix this I would be grateful > > until the time I get my hands on a 5.0 CDROM > > > > > I tried it again today and it worked (fsck'ing CURRENT drives with > my fsck version 4.7 compiled for 4.0 ). I don't know why it failed yesterday. > > > Is there any way of obtaining a list of superblocks on a fs, apart from > making a note of the list newfs produces? dumpfs(8) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message