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Subject: Re: FSCK & "No write access"
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> > > > If I try to run fsck without any switches, I still get a read-only
> > >message:
> > >
> > > > merlin# fsck /usr
> > > > ** /dev/da0g (NO WRITE)
> > > > (etc).
> > >
> > >
> > ><dumb question>
> > >
> > >Surely you have done this upon your **unmounted** filesystems (eg
> > >right after booting in single user mode)?
> > >
> > ></dumb question>
> >
> > No suck luck.  I'm up-and-running in 'multi-user mode'.  In each of the
> > existing FS's (/, /usr, /home, /cvs, and /var) I am fully able to 'cp',
> > 'mv', and 'touch' files.  I can also use vi in any of those directories as
> > well to create new files.
>
>Don't run fsck on a mounted filesystem.

Oooooooooops. I misunderstood the 'dumb question'. I feel kinda silly 
:)  There's a part of the man page which I misinterpreted ("Only partitions 
in fstab that are mounted ``rw,'' ``rq'' or ``ro'' and that have non-zero 
pass number are checked.").  I assumed it could handle mounted & running 
systems.

Thank you for setting me straight. :)

--John



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