From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Tue Feb 9 03:02:26 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 172BAAA1B51 for ; Tue, 9 Feb 2016 03:02:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from amijaresp@gmail.com) Received: from mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (mailman.ysv.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::50:5]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EC066BCA for ; Tue, 9 Feb 2016 03:02:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from amijaresp@gmail.com) Received: by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) id EC25EAA1B50; Tue, 9 Feb 2016 03:02:25 +0000 (UTC) Delivered-To: questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EBBA2AA1B4F for ; Tue, 9 Feb 2016 03:02:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from amijaresp@gmail.com) Received: from mail-yk0-x229.google.com (mail-yk0-x229.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4002:c07::229]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id AC188BC9 for ; Tue, 9 Feb 2016 03:02:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from amijaresp@gmail.com) Received: by mail-yk0-x229.google.com with SMTP id z7so95313716yka.3 for ; Mon, 08 Feb 2016 19:02:25 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=ypO0VY5UDuNbCQ29qST4mDGrdm45D5rjAlDLNHKmUR4=; b=da1QKOFT/CvzNwDJZRnMp1UOFlF/VHv7/iTyL2JySi1TTeMJSo9W8qacQFiXkU222V LG9nSh5zF16p7Mvg9KWDGVvl0d9wjcBRrKY9KXdANy0kjguNwnIfM3HIJP1ycisPK0TS Yj3jLlHrnezqy30VhOamlkwx8bbz4JGTrQiyuWBTmZjPF4MaBa4kJwHiw9sZZXcQH/HE WkCkWeB9xvlGtCl6GwfXs4yyDERZkHS00CgHBSrnTubZcG15ZW4gez4zyRNIFmzTwVQ6 GmiHigtxR4RKiRofCCwGyOZKzFozh0q7/L/DAHq95Pq0M3zd+p0YvBqTvyzL5Fa38aNi phWA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=ypO0VY5UDuNbCQ29qST4mDGrdm45D5rjAlDLNHKmUR4=; b=hlp4eHkTsQa7ZaWxGW/HsUnHIhXv6Gwl1rGCO4+lbCs7o65q+WrqHsP6VrKqq8lyJj OEIBw3SPxUi+7G2NzPxb4OuDHRumbKcaCOCuuUPHaRCtrztYdZRBBWLBvbhiEgqe+Izt D/fDlsa+wToDfR2MvPxYXmoCR76n++wS9/WnJC0hvQCgu8z7IMexeE7lopd6fnsb4msr o5/81bjmDYC3J6P90OaPaRz+dNvDHZy6hL+fhBfvVIx83NmAp8w2JN/9mgMXzO5lYIET P2A0eRRnO3rxqL+kspcwxBcKXyFSVCn4FWMVCNPjXaMKS1vcbWTIBbJYstuwnm2wEGnq G09w== X-Gm-Message-State: AG10YORc3ZamrqtsDi5q0SsLSHOdVHPuQPRLBdIX3O8H6bLd0trrWCqsS6GQfpKhZ5A8VWVGR7wncyb7AM/9Gw== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.37.45.86 with SMTP id t83mr11068764ybt.12.1454986944669; Mon, 08 Feb 2016 19:02:24 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.129.74.4 with HTTP; Mon, 8 Feb 2016 19:02:24 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20160209003715.86885013.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <201B1734-C8F3-439A-B788-AC177D1280C3@gmail.com> <15664107-4DD3-4717-9E3E-128507A3434B@gmail.com> <20160209003715.86885013.freebsd@edvax.de> Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2016 22:32:24 -0430 Message-ID: Subject: Re: fsck is failing to clean a filesystem From: Alberto Mijares To: Polytropon Cc: Paul Beard , FreeBSD-questions Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 09 Feb 2016 03:02:26 -0000 > However, the fsck output indicates a quite heavy file system > inconsistency problem. In worst case, mount -o ro, copy all > files, re-initialize the filesystem with newfs, and then copy > the files back. Use tar or rsync or cpio to make sure all the > file attributes are properly transferred. This should be possible > in case you cannot resolve the filesystem problem. > > And check if /usr/lost+found does already contain something. > Just in case. > I wonder if mounting an external disk on /usr/lost+found can help. Don't know, just guessing ;-) Best regards, Alberto Mijares