Subject: Re: Another type of fsck problem...
To: Jon Lefman <jlefman@bu.edu>
From: Colin Wood <ender@is.rice.edu>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 04/11/1997 12:42:30
> >Have you tried:
> >
> >fsck -p -y && reboot -n
> >
> >???
> >
> >That might clear it out...might not...
> 
> Now I wonder if I've got a real problem or not.  I remember that someone
> yesterday sent a message about just adding a / after the fsck line in
> /etc/rc.  I'm wondering if I should do the same.
> 
> When I tried to "fsck -p -y && reboot -n", I got a usage error from fsck.
> I never had this problem before I installed the "latest" snanpshots off of
> ftp.netbsd.org.  Has anyone else had that problem?
> 
> By the way, fsck -p / works, but fsck -p doesn't.  Why would I now need a /
> here?

The fsck program shouldn't _require_ that you specify a filesystem to
check.  It should simply check all of the ones in /etc/fstab.  Perhaps
there is a problem with preen mode (i.e. -p)?

Later.

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Colin Wood                                      ender@is.rice.edu
Consultant                                        Rice University
Information Technology Services                       Houston, TX