Subject: Re: Another type of fsck problem...
To: Colin Wood <ender@is.rice.edu>
From: David Brownlee <abs@anim.dreamworks.com>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 04/11/1997 10:52:05
On Fri, 11 Apr 1997, Colin Wood wrote:
> > 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)?
>
fsck might have a problem with a 'broken' fstab file - have you
checked /etc/fstab is all ok?
David/abs abs@anim.dreamworks.com
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