From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 26 10:07:11 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 803D816A4CE for ; Fri, 26 Mar 2004 10:07:11 -0800 (PST) Received: from epstais.com (epstais.com [65.214.160.150]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 511FC43D3F for ; Fri, 26 Mar 2004 10:07:11 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from rdawes@epstais.com) Received: from epstais.com (epstais [65.214.160.150]) by epstais.com (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id i2QI6GnL064640; Fri, 26 Mar 2004 10:06:16 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from rdawes@epstais.com) Received: (from rdawes@localhost) by epstais.com (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id i2QI6G8o064637; Fri, 26 Mar 2004 10:06:16 -0800 (PST) Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2004 10:06:16 -0800 From: Richard Dawes To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20040326180616.GD91553@epstais.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Subject: harddisk problem and/or fsck problem? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2004 18:07:11 -0000 Greetings, fellow FreeBSD users! Everything so far works fine for me, until I drop into single- user mode to prep for making world. Even then, it seems OK, except for this alarming output of "fsck -p": /dev/da0s1a: NO WRITE ACCESS /dev/da0s1a: UNEXPECTED INCONSISTENCY; RUN fsck MANUALLY. I run "fsck /dev/da0s1a", and I'm just told of NO WRITE for the fs, and the phases shown without error. But I *can* write there -- my / partition. OK, FYI -- This happens on 4.9-RELEASE and 5.2.1-RELEASE-i386 both. I have an IBM UltraStar Ultra160 SCSI disk, model no. IC35L018UDW210-0 ... Runs on a Tyan S2462 "Thunder K7" dual Athlon-MP board, using the GENERIC kernel. I've run the onboard Adaptec-controller's format and verify utilities, which I presume run without error, since they just do their thing without error messages and just say when they're done. I install the above via the "miniinst" CDs, cvsup the lastest sources, and that's it for usage. But the machine boots and runs fine otherwise. Is this something to really worry about? Is it safe to proceed with making world? Should I try forcing fsck to do anything? Or, should I try running fsck having booted from CD? Other ideas or suggestions? Thanks all for any help offered! Cheers, -Rich -- Richard Dawes Enhanced Performance Systems rdawes@enhanced-performance.com +01 619 743-0506