Re: fsck failed after hard crash

From: Larry Rosenman <ler_at_lerctr.org>
Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2003 10:49:26 -0500
I'm seeing similar messages from fsck:

unexpected soft-update inconsistency, unable to write block, etc.

going back to my 9/9/2003 "good" kernel, it works.

so I think SOMETHING broke here.

LER


--On Sunday, September 14, 2003 08:30:51 -0700 Steve Kargl 
<sgk_at_troutmask.apl.washington.edu> wrote:

> On Sun, Sep 14, 2003 at 11:42:21AM +0200, Sebastian Ssmoller wrote:
>> i did cvsup for /usr/src yesterday and did a build world.
>> i also build a new kernel without all these debugging things.
>
> If you're running FreeBSD-current, I would suggest that
> you put the debugging options back into your kernel.
>
>> i rebooted the system and everything went fine first but then
>> i tried to recompile pf_freebsd and the system crashed.
>
> Without debugging or even a panic message, it is fairly
> difficult to make any useful suggestions.
>
>> i rebooted and did fsck and tried the rebuild again - same thing :(
>
> Panic message?
>
>> reboot again, fsck with many errors (some sectors could not be written,
>> inconsistancy soft updates).
>> i managed to start gnome2 agian. i started vmware and ... crash agin :'(
>
> Are you sure you don't want to run FreeBSD 4.8?
>
>> so i thought of using the old kernel again but when i restart and
>> run fsck it is NOT able to mark /usr as clean  !! :(
>>
>> what can i do now ? any ideas ?
>
> When fsck fails to clean /usr are there any error messages?
> What fsck command did you issue to clean up /usr?  Did you
> try using an alternate super block?
>
> What compiler flags did you use to build the kernel?



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