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From: zack@magus.UUCP (Zacharias_Beckman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: Lost 6 Megs of Hard Disk space
Message-ID: <202@magus.UUCP>
Date: 12 Jun 91 17:33:54 GMT
References: <676362343.59@egsgate.FidoNet.Org>
Organization: Boss Logic Inc., San Francisco
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In article <676362343.59@egsgate.FidoNet.Org> Unknown@f98.n250.z1.FidoNet.Org (Unknown) writes:
>
>        I then login  Root and do the following in the Shell:
>/*****************************************************************************/
>localhost# fsck
>** /dev/rsd0a
>** Currently Mounted on /
>
> ... etc ...
>
>***** FILE SYSTEM WAS MODIFIED *****

I hate to tell you this -- but I will, since it may save you great headaches
in the future.  According to NeXT (reliable lines internally, as we have a
good relationship with them) you MUST NEVER, EVER, EVER run fsck manually.  I
did once upon a time.  Had to rebuild the machine eventually.

Now, I'm not sure that this applies to single user mode.  But, even on a
generic Unix system it's not a good idea to run fsck while booted multi-user.
I wish you luck in not having to rebuild!

As for the missing six megs; I suspect that it was simply your swap cache
expanding or some such thing.  Happens over time.  I can't imagine why you
didn't get it back later, but then there is no telling if the file system has
been corrupted.
-- 
Zacharias J. Beckman  |  To be "matter of fact" about the world is to
Lower Code Dweller    |  blunder into fantasy -- and dull fantasy at that,
Boss Logic Inc.       |  as the real world is strange and wonderful.
zack@bosslogic.com    |  --- Lazarus Long, by R. A. Heinlen