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Date:      Mon, 14 Aug 2000 21:48:55 -0600 (MDT)
From:      "Tyson N. Trebesch" <trebesch@mcn.net>
To:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   A note about fsck
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0008142142170.77682-100000@mazer.mcn.net>

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In general, it is a good idea to use fsck on the raw device and not the
block device when you're interested in fixing the filesystem.  That is,

fsck /dev/rad0s1a

 is probably better than

fsck /dev/ad0s1a

given inconsistencies that arise between the block device and the buffer
cache.

-Tyson

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Tyson N. Trebesch		Microsoft:  Where do you want to go today?
trebesch@mcn.net		Linux:  Where do you want to go tomorrow?
http://www.mcn.net/~trebesch    BSD:  Are you guys coming, or what?



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