From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 3 16:07:18 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BEDF5106564A for ; Sat, 3 Mar 2012 16:07:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ml@my.gd) Received: from mail-ww0-f50.google.com (mail-ww0-f50.google.com [74.125.82.50]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 517B38FC0C for ; Sat, 3 Mar 2012 16:07:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wgbds12 with SMTP id ds12so2243710wgb.31 for ; Sat, 03 Mar 2012 08:07:17 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.180.99.65 with SMTP id eo1mr3693508wib.13.1330790837293; Sat, 03 Mar 2012 08:07:17 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.0.12] (did75-17-88-165-130-96.fbx.proxad.net. [88.165.130.96]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id er8sm29351267wib.1.2012.03.03.08.07.15 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Sat, 03 Mar 2012 08:07:16 -0800 (PST) References: <4F4C7E23.3050404@gmail.com> <4F4C8BCA.1080809@my.gd> <20120303093757.0b8b5427@cox.net> In-Reply-To: <20120303093757.0b8b5427@cox.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 (iPhone Mail 8J2) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Message-Id: X-Mailer: iPhone Mail (8J2) From: Damien Fleuriot Date: Sat, 3 Mar 2012 17:06:29 +0100 To: "Conrad J. Sabatier" X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQnlmcYgSGBnVID9Kd8G0kVKxAoJUTNNM9lchPGdVtBuXSMVJijkChJGClB2i6j4HK84C47W Cc: netroby , "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: Delete files let FreeBSD crashes. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 03 Mar 2012 16:07:18 -0000 On 3 Mar 2012, at 16:37, "Conrad J. Sabatier" wrote: > On Wed, 29 Feb 2012 09:24:55 +0800 > netroby wrote: > >> Thanks . >> I had resolved the problem : >> >> 1. restart FreeBSD to single user mode. >> 2. umount all device then run fsck -f >> 3. after finished the fsck, restart FreeBSD , return to normal mode. >> 4. delete the broken directory, and restore the data from backup. >> 5. every thing seems ok now. >> >> >> netroby > > That's all well and good, but just for future reference, when you boot > into single-user mode, the root partition will already be mounted > read-only. It's not necessary to mount any other partitions before > running fsck, and in fact, it is advised *not* to do so. > You misread his message, he said he *u*mounted partitions.