I may be sticking my foot in it, but isn't it Force all further prompts to yes?
On Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 7:06 PM, ropers <rop...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm at the point where one of my old machines' hard drives is giving > up the ghost and I'm trying to do this: > > > THE FOLLOWING FILE SYSTEM HAD AN UNEXPECTED INCONSISTENCY: > > ffs: /dev/rwd0k (/home) > > Automatic file system check failed; help! > > Enter pathname of shell or RETURN for sh: /bin/ksh > > # fsck /dev/rwd0k > > ** /dev/rwd0k > > ** Last Mounted on /home > > ** Phase 1 - Check Blocks and Sizes ((Btw: Is making Mounted, Blocks and > Sizes lowercase diff-worthy?)) > > PARTIALLY ALLOCATED INODE I=132 > > CLEAR? [Fyn?] > > What does the "F" stand for here? Yes, no, or what? > I even tried to grasp the source, but after noncomprehendingly staring > at /src/sbin/fsck_ffs/utilities.c, I still don't think I get what the > F either stands for or does. I did ponder whether it might stand for > "[F]ree = clear the inode", but if that's so, then why is there > another choice to "[y]es= clear the inode"? I don't think I get it. > The lights are on, but there's no one home upstairs. > > Cluebat lartings welcome. > > Thanks and regards, > ropers > > PS: The machine in question still has OpenBSD 4.6 on it, but the same > prompt is in the old source just as it is in the new one, so the > version oughtn't matter for the purposes of explaining the F in the > "[Fyn]" prompt: > > http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/~checkout~/src/sbin/fsck_ffs/utilities. c?rev=1.35;content-type=text%2Fplain;only_with_tag=MAIN<http://www.openbsd.or g/cgi-bin/cvsweb/%7Echeckout%7E/src/sbin/fsck_ffs/utilities.c?rev=1.35;conten t-type=text%2Fplain;only_with_tag=MAIN> > > PPS: Also, my googling was inconclusive.
