Hmmm...  Looks like some confusion here...

fsck -p is what gets run automatically by /etc/rc and it runs with a
defualt to clean up the most common errors.  It also by default will
process all of the file systems listed in /etc/fstab with a non-zero value
in the last column.  

fsck -y means to "automatically answer yes" to _any_ questions that fsck
might ask concerning its proposed repairs.  Since -p means "only fix
certain errors and quit on any others" it doesn't make much sense to use
both -p and -y on the same command, since in -p mode fsck won't ask any
questions to which you might be tempted to answer.

As for the /, I'm confused as to why anyone would suggest that this might
fix something?  The / simply tells fsck to process only the root file
system (whose name is /) rather than processing all of the file systems
listed in /etc/fstab.  If it works with / but doesn't work without it,
then I'd suspect something weird about one of your other file systems.

On Fri, 11 Apr 1997, Jon Lefman wrote:

> >
> >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?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Jon
> 
> 
> 

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