> 
> Hello all.
> 
> Whenever I boot into NetBSD, it works fine until it says "starting file 
> system checks" then brings up this error: "Usage: fsck [ something ] [ 
> something else] filesystem". Then it says "Unknown error; help!" and 
> drops me into single-user mode. I run "fsck" on the disk, then type 
> "exit" to get into multi-user. Everything works after this point, but I 
> have to do this every time I boot.
> 
> I'm running the GENERIC-32 kernel with the latest snapshot of everything 
> else.

I used to see something like that. We need the FULL error message.

Make sure that your partitions in /etc/fstab are right; some versions
of the installer get it wrong for some reason. Also, if the fsck
command is just "fsck -p", just change it to "fsck -p /". Though I thought
that error got fixed before June. :-(

> Problem #2: PPP
> 
> Okay.  I downloaded Bill Studenmund's ppp setup scripts and configured 
> them as is stated in the "README".  After running ./ppp-up, my modem 
> dials and establishes a connection to my ISP.  Once the modems are 
> connected, nothing happens for a minute and 30 seconds, at which point my 
> ISP drops the carrier and my modem re-dials.  It happens at 1 minute and 
> 30 seconds every time, so my guess is my ISP is disconnecting me because 
> the script isn't logging in properly.  I've set the login and password 
> variables correctly in ppp-login, however.  If I type "netstat -r" while 
> the modems are connected, it justs lists localhost.  If i try telnetting 
> somewhere while the modems are connected, if I use a domain name it can't 
> look up the host, and if I use an IP address, then it can't find a route 
> to host.
> 
> What can I do?

Two things. 1) make sure your ISP isn't using PAP or CHRP. The scripts
assume that your ISP uses a standard login shell, which fewer and
fewer are doing these days. 2) Get the ppp-debug script from puma and
try using it to turn on chat debugging and see what's happening.

Take care,

Bill