Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2009 18:57:08 +0200 From: Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se> To: Identry <jalmberg@identry.com> Cc: Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Boot failure Message-ID: <20090807165707.GA51779@owl.midgard.homeip.net> In-Reply-To: <4d4e09680908070926y40c6463au2666fd0b085ab3af@mail.gmail.com> References: <4d4e09680908061012q6ea8aeacm875c556eaea7a54f@mail.gmail.com> <4A7B1B41.7090507@unsane.co.uk> <4d4e09680908061733v21602321x252a7111a7648ad6@mail.gmail.com> <4A7C074C.9060303@unsane.co.uk> <4d4e09680908070825h6f42e692t8cf0baa4f10f9cc@mail.gmail.com> <20090807154009.GB39621@slackbox.xs4all.nl> <4d4e09680908070926y40c6463au2666fd0b085ab3af@mail.gmail.com>
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On Fri, Aug 07, 2009 at 12:26:10PM -0400, Identry wrote: > >> Should I use any flags? Should I mount the filesystems read write or read only? > > > > You should never fsck a filesystem when its mounted! > > Ah... glad I asked. Actually it is only when a filesystem is mounted read-write that you must not run fsck on it. Running it on a filesystem which is mounted read-only should be OK. (Otherwise we would all be in a lot of trouble since when fsck is run normally during the startup sequence the root filesystem (/) is mounted read-only, and is in fact where the fsck binary is loaded from.) > > > I think you should start by reading the manual pages for fsck and > > fsck_ffs. I would start with 'fsck_ffs -fp /dev/yourdevicenode'. > > Okay, that makes sense, and is simpler than what I was planning. I > have a long train ride, so I'm going to print out and read those man > pages, and whatever I can find in the Handbook, and maybe there's some > info in my Absolute FreeBSD book... > > > If this command quits with errors, you might try fsck_ffs without flags, > > or 'fsck_ffs -y' to have it try and repair all damage that it finds. > > Excellent. Thanks for all your advice Roland. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- <Insert your favourite quote here.> Erik Trulsson ertr1013@student.uu.se
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