From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 24 00:43:54 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8A5EA16A402 for ; Tue, 24 Apr 2007 00:43:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from roberthuff@rcn.com) Received: from smtp02.lnh.mail.rcn.net (smtp02.lnh.mail.rcn.net [207.172.157.102]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9BB4513C45B for ; Tue, 24 Apr 2007 00:43:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from roberthuff@rcn.com) Received: from mr02.lnh.mail.rcn.net ([207.172.157.22]) by smtp02.lnh.mail.rcn.net with ESMTP; 23 Apr 2007 20:43:51 -0400 Received: from smtp01.lnh.mail.rcn.net (smtp01.lnh.mail.rcn.net [207.172.4.11]) by mr02.lnh.mail.rcn.net (MOS 3.8.3-GA) with ESMTP id NFJ44798; Mon, 23 Apr 2007 20:43:51 -0400 (EDT) Received: from 65-78-26-179.c3-0.smr-ubr1.sbo-smr.ma.cable.rcn.com (HELO jerusalem.litteratus.org.litteratus.org) ([65.78.26.179]) by smtp01.lnh.mail.rcn.net with ESMTP; 23 Apr 2007 20:43:45 -0400 From: Robert Huff MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <17965.21187.874053.371352@jerusalem.litteratus.org> Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2007 20:43:47 -0400 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <644792.46664.qm@web58104.mail.re3.yahoo.com> References: <644792.46664.qm@web58104.mail.re3.yahoo.com> X-Mailer: VM 7.17 under 21.5 (beta27) "fiddleheads" XEmacs Lucid X-Junkmail-Whitelist: YES (by domain whitelist at mr02.lnh.mail.rcn.net) Subject: UNEXPECTED SOFT UPDATE INCONSISTENCY X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2007 00:43:54 -0000 L Goodwin writes: > I accidentally pushed the POWER button instead of the CD-ROM door > open/close button and turned the computer off. In my defense, the > power button is right next to it AND has a hair trigger. :-( > > I turned the computer back on, and FreeBSD booted with no > complaints, so I assumed all was well. That was your second error. As I learned it: On anything other than a clean shutdown, you will need to fsck everything that was mounted at the time of the crash. (Remember to get the stuff that's "noauto" in fstab.) Run fsck on each partitions. Repeat until it reports no errors. (Not "MARKED CLEAN" but not errors. Robert Huff