Date: Tue, 18 Nov 1997 10:56:27 -0800 (PST) From: Shawn Ramsey <shawn@luke.cpl.net> To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: fsck Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95.971118105159.1228A-100000@luke.cpl.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971118095716.1445E-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
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> > Why is it when I run fsck on /dev/wd1se I get a (NO WRITE) (Mounted on > > /disk2). If I do fsck /dev/wd0a which is mounted /, and doesnt do that. > > Just wondering, because I also admin a BSDI news server. The news spool > > kept failing filesystem checks, and would crash within minutes. If I could > > have fsck'd the filesystem, I probably could have avoided newfs'ing it... > > You should fsck volumes before mounting them. fsck can't fix broken fs's > while they're mounted as it would probably cause a kernel panic if someone > tried to open a file while you were working on it. Hmm, why didnt I think of that? DOh! Oh well, the news spool could use a clean start once in a while...
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