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Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!saimiri.primate.wisc.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!hela.iti.org!cs.widener.edu!dsinc!ub!acsu.buffalo.edu!ferrick From: ferrick@acsu.buffalo.edu (Pat Ferrick) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Subject: mknod / fsck question Message-ID: <C3Fson.AL7@acsu.buffalo.edu> Date: 5 Mar 93 22:19:34 GMT References: <731352823.5272@minster.york.ac.uk> Sender: nntp@acsu.buffalo.edu Organization: UB Lines: 21 Nntp-Posting-Host: cookiemonster.cc.buffalo.edu While trying to use "mknod /dev/nrst2 c 13 17" to create a no-rewind tape device, I got a panic and a quick reboot. Ugh. Then, fsck shows two files that apparently need to go away. But even when I run fsck manually, and answer "yes" to the CLEAR? [y/n] it doesn't seem to happen. It exits with a line reporting the number of files and blocks and such, but the two problem inodes are always there on bootup. What gives? Here's what fsck shows: UNREF FILE I=1095 OWNER=root MODE=20666 UNREF FILE I=1097 OWNER=root MODE=20600 (plus zero size stuff...) What puzzles me most is the MODE part. What is that? I tried using a different superblock with the -b option, and no success. Suggestions would be very much appreciated! Thanks! pat