Date: Sun, 11 Oct 1998 11:42:05 -0700 (PDT) From: Dan Busarow <dan@dpcsys.com> To: Sarah Bell <sarahbell@ili.net> Cc: millert@direct.ca, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: URGENT FREEBSD Problem need help Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.981011113343.2504B-100000@java.dpcsys.com> In-Reply-To: <199810110025.UAA23925@dagda.ili.net>
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On Sat, 10 Oct 1998, Sarah Bell wrote: > or a powerdown without running halt, shutdown or reboot. I've found some > recent versions of FreeBSD will not get past this by itself. If you get a > message to the effect of "enter shell or press enter for sh", press enter. > You should get a # prompt. run 'fsck -y /' and reboot when finished. Now > the system should boot normally. > BTW, this problem is fixed in some of the later versions of FreeBSD. While most of Sarah's information is correct, this is not a problem related to the version of FreeBSD. Whether or not the system will automatically recover and continue the boot depends entirely on the type of file system inconsistencies encountered while running the automatic fsck. If the file system is OK or repairable (man fsck for the short list of errors fsck -p will fix) it'll be mounted. If it has any other errors you'll get the "press enter for sh" prompt. Basically, don't turn off the system without running shutdown -h :) Dan -- Dan Busarow 949 443 4172 Dana Point Communications, a California corporation dan@dpcsys.com Dana Point, California 83 09 EF 59 E0 11 89 B4 8D 09 DB FD E1 DD 0C 82 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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