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From: hdslip@iii1.iii.net (HD Associates)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Help! CAN'T CHECK FILE SYSTEM Error
Date: 21 Jun 1995 05:11:06 -0400
Organization: HD Associates, Inc.
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In article <3s5pbe$i1m@gandalf.pic.net>,  <mglaris@pic.net> wrote:
>Help,
>
>I had a brief power failure, just enough to reboot the computer, and
>now FreeBSD will not boot.  Upon restart, I get the following error
>messages:
>
>Can't open /dev/rcd0d: Device Not Configured
>/dev/rcd0d: CAN'T CHECK FILE SYSTEM
>/dev/rcd0d: UNEXPECTED INCONSISTENCY; RUN fsck MANUALLY
>Automatic file system check failed... help!

"/dev/rcd0d" is a CD.  Since you can't change the data on
it you don't have to fsck it.  You have an entry in
/etc/fstab to mount the CD at boot up.  If you want
that, then change the pass number
in /etc/fstab to 0 and fsck won't try to check it.

It should be something similar to:
> /dev/cd0d            /cd           cd9660  ro 0 0

>I then enter a shell and run fsck like I was told.  Device 
>/dev/rsd0a and /dev/rsd0e seem to check out (at least, there are no
>messages that look like error messages).  It then reports:
>
>Can't open /dev/rcd0d: Device not configured

The system can't open your CD device.

Maybe your CD player isn't powered up?  Maybe you don't have
a CD player?  Look through your "dmesg" output for lines
that show the system recognizing your CD; they should be
right near where it sees your disks.

If this is the only problem on power up just ignore the error,
type "^D" and fix things when the system comes up.
-- 
Peter Dufault               Real Time Machine Control and Simulation
HD Associates, Inc.         Voice: 508 433 6936
dufault@hda.com             Fax:   508 433 5267