From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Apr 15 13:28:57 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA03227 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 15 Apr 1998 13:28:57 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from pigstuy ([207.113.85.128]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA02973 for ; Wed, 15 Apr 1998 20:27:56 GMT (envelope-from spork@cncn.com) Received: from localhost (spork@localhost) by pigstuy (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id QAA00533; Wed, 15 Apr 1998 16:26:00 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from spork@cncn.com) X-Authentication-Warning: pigstuy: spork owned process doing -bs Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1998 16:25:59 -0400 (EDT) From: Spike Gronim X-Sender: spork@pigstuy Reply-To: spork To: Matthew Taylor cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Something in the way she boots... In-Reply-To: <3534B64D.73874ABF@sprynet.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, 15 Apr 1998, Matthew Taylor wrote: > I get a warning that I don't really understand on boot right after the > devices get detected/loaded: > > WARNING: / was not properly dismounted > > What the heck is this? > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > It means the computer did not shut down the file system properly. Are you just turning off the power, or are you typing "shutdown -h now" (or similar) to stop the machine? Just flipping the power switch is a good way to frag your filesystems. -Spike Gronim spork@cncn.com "Hacker, n: One who hacks real good" --Computer Contradictionary To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message