From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 18 20:34:20 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1B08916A4CE for ; Tue, 18 Nov 2003 20:34:20 -0800 (PST) Received: from web12005.mail.yahoo.com (web12005.mail.yahoo.com [216.136.172.213]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 451DB43FEA for ; Tue, 18 Nov 2003 20:34:19 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bsd2000au@yahoo.com.au) Message-ID: <20031119043418.26081.qmail@web12005.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [203.221.18.42] by web12005.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Wed, 19 Nov 2003 15:34:18 EST Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2003 15:34:18 +1100 (EST) From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Keith=20Spencer?= To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: HELP!!?...dirty fs and dont understand what to say to fsck X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2003 04:34:20 -0000 Hi all, System = 4.7 all Intel I have a filesystem mount error /dev/ad0s1e i.e. /var is dirty. 1)the first I noticed trouble was a system freeze. Untold screen logged errors.. no more mbufs OR out of mbufs 2)I rebooted and it dropped into single user mode ) I Think) asking me to run fsck manually 3) I did #fsck 4) It said all ok except /dev/ad0s1e Errors were ... Unknown file type I=4609 Unexpected soft update inconsistency Clear[y|n] **** HELP? do i say y or n? Impact is?? *** I said no and then... 50983 DUP I=4610 Unexpected soft update inconsistency 54019 DUP I=4610 Unexpected soft update inconsistency etc etcetc... **** HELP!**** Is this fatal (please say no) How do I continue best? Regards Keith http://personals.yahoo.com.au - Yahoo! Personals New people, new possibilities. FREE for a limited time.