Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2003 11:38:38 -0600 From: Mike Meyer <mwm-dated-1047922719.dbc225@mired.org> To: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> Cc: "W. J. Williams" <will@willardjwilliams.com>, Noel Balansag <pongkee@yahoo.com>, Tom Parquette <bcsfd204@twcny.rr.com>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: how do i invoke the command "ee" or "vi" when system fails to load Message-ID: <15983.28830.191701.793806@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <20030312161236.GB5097@gothmog.gr> References: <3E6E775B.8070208@twcny.rr.com> <20030312070705.27076.qmail@web13509.mail.yahoo.com> <20030312161236.GB5097@gothmog.gr>
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In <20030312161236.GB5097@gothmog.gr>, Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> typed: > Nah. It's not a good idea to use "mount -a" before fsck. The safest > thing you can do if you haven't tinkered with the sizes and/or order > of the partitions is to run: > > # fsck -p && mount -u / && mount -va I disagree. If the file systems were dismounted cleanly, then "fsck -p" just verifies that, and does nothing. If they haven't dismounted cleanly, then mount won't mount the file systems. Running "fsck -p" just insures that the file systems will mount - unless they are really badly damaged. You won't hurt anything if you skip the "fsck -p", you just may have to run it then rerun the mount. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/consulting.html Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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