HELP!!?...dirty fs and dont understand what to say to fsck

[Daniela]

On Wednesday 19 November 2003 04:34, Keith Spencer wrote:
> Hi all,
> System = 4.7
> all Intel
> I have a filesystem mount error
> /dev/ad0s1e i.e. /var
> is dirty.
> 1)the first I noticed trouble was a system freeze.
> Untold screen logged errors..
> no more mbufs OR out of mbufs
> 2)I rebooted and it dropped into single user mode ) I
> Think) asking me to run fsck manually
> 3) I did #fsck
> 4) It said all ok except /dev/ad0s1e
> Errors were ...
> Unknown file type I=4609
> Unexpected soft update inconsistency
> Clear[y|n]
> **** HELP? do i say y or n? Impact is?? ***
> I said no and then...
> 50983 DUP I=4610 Unexpected soft update inconsistency
> 54019 DUP I=4610 Unexpected soft update inconsistency
> etc etcetc...
> **** HELP!****
> Is this fatal (please say no) How do I continue best?

I don't know what the message means, but I always do:
# yes | fsck

And it never hurt my filesystem.

Regards,
Daniela