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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!sdd.hp.com!crash!fredbox!cyb!loodvrij From: loodvrij@cyb.fred.com (Bruce 'Loodvrij' Keeler) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.development Subject: Re: mount a dirty file system without fsck Message-ID: <CEnsGn.262@cyb.fred.com> Date: Sun, 10 Oct 1993 02:04:56 GMT References: <2945gj$i0h@acsc.com> <CELAoG.IDt@flatlin.ka.sub.org> <294lko$bvv@pdq.coe.montana.edu> Organization: Cacophonous Yodellers' Box (907) 338-4942 Lines: 15 In article <294lko$bvv@pdq.coe.montana.edu> osyjm@cs.montana.edu (Jaye Mathisen) writes: > >This is exactly what I was going to mention, I have in the past been unable >to use fsck because of some major file system damage it would've done, but >mounted the fs r/o, backed up the important files, and then let >fsck do it's thing, and throw everything and it's brother in lost+found,etc Hmmm. That reminds me. The lost+found stuff doesn't seem to be on by default, at least under NetBSD 0.8 (I know I'm a little out of date!). What needs to be done to get it going? Bruce -- Bruce J. Keeler (907) 337-8193 | "...and Bruce is in charge | Internet: loodvrij@cyb.fred.com | of the sheep dip!" |