inconsistent fsck behaviour

2010-01-20 Thread frantisek holop
hi there, 2 scenarios on the same notebook: 1. booting bsd.rd (jan 15 snapshot), fsck /dev/wd0a, no errors/warnings. 2. normal boot, then: $ sudo fsck -n /dev/wd0a ** /dev/rwd0a (NO WRITE) ** Last Mounted on / ** Root file system ** Phase 1 - Check Blocks and Sizes ** Phase 2 - Check Pathnames

Re: inconsistent fsck behaviour

2010-01-20 Thread Ted Unangst
On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 5:06 PM, frantisek holop min...@obiit.org wrote: $ sudo fsck -n /dev/wd0a but still... what's going on? You ran fsck on a mounted filesystem. Don't do that.

Re: inconsistent fsck behaviour

2010-01-20 Thread frantisek holop
hmm, on Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 05:17:40PM -0500, Ted Unangst said that On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 5:06 PM, frantisek holop min...@obiit.org wrote: $ sudo fsck -n /dev/wd0a but still... what's going on? You ran fsck on a mounted filesystem. Don't do that. yes, true. i thought i am losing