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From: smui@news.kn.PacBell.COM (Sherman Mui)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: fsck, prob during install of FreeBSD 1.1.5R
Date: 3 Jul 1994 06:51:55 GMT
Organization: Pacific Bell Knowledge Network
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I'm having some more problems with the FreeBSD installation. This is the
first time booting off the hard drive just after copying the cpio disk
and the dos floppy.
Here's the error (after the first reboot with expected errors):
/dev/rsd0a: 409files, 5723 used, 9124 free (44 frags, 1135 blocks, 0.3%
framentation)
/dev/rsd0e: /dev/rsd0e: BAD SUPER BLOCK: MAGIC NUMBER WRONG
/dev/rsd0e: UNEXPECTED INCONSISTENCY: RUN fsck MANUALLY: THE FOLLOWING
FILE SYSTEM HAD AN UNEXPECTED INCONSISTANCY: /dev/rsd0e (/usr)
Automatic file system check failed . . . help!
# fsck (that's what I type)
.
. [ does the testing ]
.
** /dev/rsd0e
BAD SUPER BLOCK: MAGIC NUMBER WRONG
LOOK FOR ALTERNATIVE SUPERBLOCKS? [yn] y [ I enter 'y' ]
[blah blah]
Then it says something about using the '-b' option. I tried it but then I
need to know the number of some superblock. I have no idea what to do.
And I even checked the FAQ first this time!
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