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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!news.kei.com!news.mathworks.com!cam-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!mindspring!news.mindspring.com!usenet From: kpneal@pobox.com (Kevin P. Neal) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc Subject: Re: HD mess after netbsd 1.2 crash Date: Wed, 22 Jan 1997 03:17:43 GMT Organization: Bedroom Retrocomputing Lines: 39 Message-ID: <5c40qo$i5l@camel5.mindspring.com> References: <5c15ln$4pp@rzunews.unizh.ch> Reply-To: kpneal@pobox.com NNTP-Posting-Host: user-168-121-39-4.dialup.mindspring.com X-Server-Date: 22 Jan 1997 03:16:40 GMT X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:5219 dolphin@zool.unizh.ch (Michael Neuweiler) wrote: >Hi, >I'm experiencing major difficulties since I've installed netbsd 1.2 on my amiga. >1) While installing the files, I get unpredictable kernel panics. > Even flushing the filesystems like a mad (very often) in another shell can't prevent > it. This makes it nearly impossible for me to install netbsd at all (see 2) Uh, are you fsck'ing the partitions after a crash? >2) When netbsd crashes (i.g. kernel panic or simply freezes) I do have to reset the computer > But doing this results in a MASSIVE LOSS of files/dirs on my mounted netbsd partitions > which usually makes the system unusable => have to install everything again.. > but this takes at least 5-10 attempts. This could be because the filesystems might need to be fsck'ed. >So, as you can imagine I'm quite frustrated with 1.2 .. 1.1 worked much better and I will >switch back again now because my partitions just got scrambled again. >I do have my /usr partition on another drive than my /root and /usr/src but the kernel >panics also occur if I dont even mount the second drive. I can't name a Unix kernel that won't panic if it sees a corrupted filesystem. When you crash, always make sure you fsck your filesystems before mounting them read-write. My habit is to fsck a filesystem repeatedly until it doesn't have any errors (because sometimes on some Unixes you can find more errors that fsck missed the first time around). -- XCOMM Kevin P. Neal, Junior, Comp. Sci. - kpneal@pobox.com XCOMM http://www.pobox.com/~kpn/ - kpneal@eos.ncsu.edu XCOMM "What is your fascination with Gunsmith Cats?" - me XCOMM "They blow stuff up." - Ravi K. Swamy. January 6, 1997