On Sun, 15 Feb 1998, Rick Copeland wrote:

> I mean that fsck, fsck -f or fsck_ffs made no difference in the way the
> system responds. It (the system) continues to exibit the problem.
> 
	OK, can you send the output of:

		ls -l /dev/*sd0*
		disklabel sd0

	Have oyu any other means of booting the box (netboot etc?)

	
> At 05:35 PM 2/15/98 -0800, David Brownlee wrote:
> >	When you say 'no results' do you mean it generated no output, the
> >	same output, or correctly fsck'ed the filesystems?
> >
> >	(I'm as much in the dark as you at this point, but hopefully
> >	someone can help with the extra info :)
> >
> >		David/absolute
> >
> >	--( Funny, I almost believed you for a minute... )--
> >
> >On Sun, 15 Feb 1998, Rick Copeland wrote:
> >
> >> Date: Sun, 15 Feb 1998 17:04:41 -0800 (PST)
> >> From: Rick Copeland <rickgc@calweb.com>
> >> To: port-sun3@NetBSD.ORG
> >> Subject: Can't stat /dev/sd0a
> >> 
> >> Hello list,
> >> 
> >> I have a problem booting up my trusty Sun 3/80 (NetBSD 1.2E).  During the
> >> automatic boot sequence the following message comes up and the system is put
> >> in single user mode:
> >> 
> >>         Automatic boot in progress: starting file system checks
> >>         /dev/sd0a: bad file descripter
> >>         Can't stat /dev/sd0a
> >>         Can't stat /dev/sd0a: bad file descriptor
> >>         /dev/rsd0e file system is clean, not checking
> >>         /dev/sd0a CAN'T CHECK FILE SYSTEM
> >>         /dev/sd0a UNEXPECTED INCONSISTANCY; Run Fsck_ffs Manually
> >>         /dev/rsd1e:file system is clean:not checking
> >>         THE FOLLOWING FILE SYSTEM HAD AN UNEXPECTED INCONSISTANCY:
> >>                         /dev/sd0a (/)
> >>         Automatic File system check failed; HELP!
> >> 
> >> I have run fsck_ffs, fsck -f etc. with no results! has anyone got any idea
> >> how to fix this problem?
> >> 
> >> Thanks,
> >> 
> >> Rick Copeland
> >> 
> >
> >
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