My computer asks me to run a Manual FSCK

[Doug Reynolds]

On Sat, 29 Mar 2003 23:59:56 +0000, Lee Harr wrote:

>>/dev/ad4s1a: CAN'T CHECK FILE SYSTEM.
>>/dev/ad4s1a: UNEXPECTED INCONSISTENCY; RUN fsck MANUALLY.
>>Automatic file system check failed... help!
>
>I find this tends to happen when the disk is on its way out.
>
>I recommend that you back up any important information on
>this disk. You can mount a filesystem read-only even without
>going through the fsck.

Hardly.

that is what happens when your file system gets corrupted..  I had that
happen when my ups run out on my server.  you just have to FSCK
manually in single user mode.  
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doug reynolds | the maverick | mav at wastegate.net