Josh Hope
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On Sat, 17 Oct 1998, Paul Goyette wrote:

> Don't mount the drive if you're going to fsck it.

Am I the only one who sees the humour in the above statement? I've been
staring at this screen too long, it's melting my brain :)

> 
> On Sat, 17 Oct 1998, Joe Laffey wrote:
> 
> > I'm trying to fsck a mounted drive. I first do:
> > mount -ur /dev/sd1g /slash/usr
> > 
> > That works.
> > 
> > Then I try:
> > fsck -f /dev/sd1g
> > 
> > and I get :
> > fsck: cannot open `/dev/sd1g': Device busy
> > 
> > I don't believe that I have any open files on that filesystem.
> > 
> > Ideas?
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 
> > Joe Laffey
> > LAFFEY Computer Imaging
> > St. Louis, MO
> > http://www.laffeycomputer.com
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> > 
> > 
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