> In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Brian Somers writes:
> >Hi,
> >
> >Just a quick HEADS UP.... since the final bits of the block device
> >removal have gone in, it's now possible to dig yourself a hole if you
> >forget to MAKEDEV your disk devices (with the latest version of
> >MAKEDEV) and end up with a corrupt disk at boot.... fsck will fail
> >to set the device clean. You've then got to mount -f /, MAKEDEV your
> >disk devices, fsck them and then reboot.
>
> I hope this is not true. I think fsck sets the device clean, but
> the "reload" of the root filesystem seems to fail still. If you
> get in this situation try this:
>
> fsck -p
> reboot
> you should now come up with no problem, if not send me email!
Well, before doing the MAKEDEV, it didn't *say* it was setting the
device clean :-( After the mount -f/MAKEDEV, it did say it was
setting it clean, but still wouldn't mount without -f or a reboot.
> --
> Poul-Henning Kamp FreeBSD coreteam member
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> FreeBSD -- It will take a long time before progress goes too far!
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