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From: gs26@prism.gatech.EDU (Glenn R. Stone)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix
Subject: Re: fsck problems on RS/6000
Keywords: fsck problems on RS/6000
Message-ID: <18753@hydra.gatech.EDU>
Date: 16 Dec 90 02:32:33 GMT
References: <9064@adobe.UUCP> <9150@adobe.UUCP>
Organization: Dead Poets Society
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In <9150@adobe.UUCP> jensen@adobe.com (Freddy Jensen) writes:


>    >  When I run fsck (AIX 3.1.1, RS/6000)  I sometimes get a whole
>    >  bunch of these messages:
>    >
>    >Unref file (NOT CLEARED)
>    >Unref file  I=55565  owner=root mode=120777
>    >size=24 mtime=Dec 05 11:34 1990  (NOT RECONNECTED)
>   I just noticed that I get this message from fsck, when I start it up:
>    ** Checking /dev/hd4 (/) MOUNTED FILE SYSTEM; WRITING SUPPRESSED;

Boot from floppy, select system maintenance, run /etc/continue, and
fsck from there.  That way you're running off the ramdisk, not the
root file system.

-- Glenn R. Stone (gs26@prism.gatech.edu)