Can't fsck a file system

[Daniel Davidson]

Try fsck -C -y /dev/sdb1

that usually works for me.  I got that straight from the man pages.

Dan


On Tue, 2007-10-09 at 09:00 -0700, Dave Martini 1 wrote:
> I  have a file system that won't mount at boot it says there are file 
> system errors.
> When I run fsck -p it doesn't fix everything and says to run it manually.
> When I do that I  have to keep answering yes to fix issues. Is there 
> anything
> that can be done?
> Thanks.
> Dave Martini
> LLNL
> 
> 
>  ~]#fsck -p /dev/sdb1
> fsck 1.35 (28-Feb-2004)
> ora_za3 contains a file system with errors, check forced.
> ora_za3: Special (device/socket/fifo) inode 51069704 has non-zero size.  
> FIXED.
> ora_za3: Special (device/socket/fifo/symlink) file (inode 51069903) has 
> immutable
> or append-only flag set.  IGNORED.
> ora_za3: Special (device/socket/fifo) inode 51069903 has non-zero size.  
> FIXED.
> ora_za3: Special (device/socket/fifo) inode 51070102 has non-zero size.  
> FIXED.
> ora_za3: Special (device/socket/fifo) inode 51070233 has non-zero size.  
> FIXED.
> ora_za3: Special (device/socket/fifo/symlink) file (inode 51070235) has 
> immutable
> or append-only flag set.  IGNORED.
> ora_za3: Special (device/socket/fifo) inode 51070235 has non-zero size.  
> FIXED.
> ora_za3: Special (device/socket/fifo/symlink) file (inode 51070434) has 
> immutable
> or append-only flag set.  IGNORED.
> ora_za3: Special (device/socket/fifo) inode 51070434 has non-zero size.  
> FIXED.
> ora_za3: Special (device/socket/fifo) inode 51070500 has non-zero size.  
> FIXED.
> ora_za3: Special (device/socket/fifo) inode 51070565 has non-zero size.  
> FIXED.
> ora_za3: Special (device/socket/fifo) inode 51070633 has non-zero size.  
> FIXED.
> ora_za3: Special (device/socket/fifo/symlink) file (inode 51070832) has 
> immutable
> or append-only flag set.  IGNORED.
> ora_za3: Special (device/socket/fifo) inode 51070832 has non-zero size.  
> FIXED.
> ora_za3: Special (device/socket/fifo) inode 51070897 has non-zero size.  
> FIXED.
> ora_za3: Special (device/socket/fifo) inode 51070965 has non-zero size.  
> FIXED.
> ora_za3: Special (device/socket/fifo/symlink) file (inode 51071363) has 
> immutable
> or append-only flag set.  IGNORED.
> ora_za3: Special (device/socket/fifo) inode 51071363 has non-zero size.  
> FIXED.
> ora_za3: Special (device/socket/fifo) inode 51071562 has non-zero size.  
> FIXED.
> ora_za3: Special (device/socket/fifo) inode 51071693 has non-zero size.  
> FIXED.
> ora_za3: Special (device/socket/fifo/symlink) file (inode 51071761) has 
> immutable
> or append-only flag set.  IGNORED.
> ora_za3: Special (device/socket/fifo) inode 51071761 has non-zero size.  
> FIXED.
> ora_za3: Special (device/socket/fifo/symlink) file (inode 51071960) has 
> immutable
> or append-only flag set.  IGNORED.
> ora_za3: Special (device/socket/fifo) inode 51071960 has non-zero size.  
> FIXED.
> ora_za3: Special (device/socket/fifo) inode 51072292 has non-zero size.  
> FIXED.
> ora_za3: Special (device/socket/fifo) inode 51072491 has non-zero size.  
> FIXED.
> ora_za3: Special (device/socket/fifo/symlink) file (inode 51072690) has 
> immutable
> or append-only flag set.  IGNORED.
> ora_za3: Special (device/socket/fifo) inode 51072690 has non-zero size.  
> FIXED.
> ora_za3: Special (device/socket/fifo) inode 51072892 has non-zero size.  
> FIXED.
> ora_za3: Special (device/socket/fifo) inode 51073040 has non-zero size.  
> FIXED.
> ora_za3: Special (device/socket/fifo/symlink) file (inode 51073106) has 
> immutable
> or append-only flag set.  IGNORED.
> ora_za3: Special (device/socket/fifo) inode 51073106 has non-zero size.  
> FIXED.
> ora_za3: Special (device/socket/fifo/symlink) file (inode 51073173) has 
> immutable
> or append-only flag set.  IGNORED.
> ora_za3: Special (device/socket/fifo) inode 51073173 has non-zero size.  
> FIXED.
> ora_za3: Special (device/socket/fifo) inode 51073239 has non-zero size.  
> FIXED.
> ora_za3: Special (device/socket/fifo) inode 51073570 has non-zero size.  
> FIXED.
> ora_za3: Special (device/socket/fifo) inode 51073636 has non-zero size.  
> FIXED.
> ora_za3: Special (device/socket/fifo/symlink) file (inode 51073769) has 
> immutable
> or append-only flag set.  IGNORED.
> ora_za3: Special (device/socket/fifo) inode 51073769 has non-zero size.  
> FIXED.
> ora_za3: Special (device/socket/fifo) inode 51073833 has non-zero size.  
> FIXED.
> ora_za3: Special (device/socket/fifo) inode 51073902 has non-zero size.  
> FIXED.
> ora_za3: Inode 51074084 is in use, but has dtime set.  FIXED.
> ora_za3: Inode 51074085 is in use, but has dtime set.  FIXED.
> ora_za3: Inode 51074086 is in use, but has dtime set.  FIXED.
> ora_za3: Inode 51074087 is in use, but has dtime set.  FIXED.
> ora_za3: Inode 51074087 has imagic flag set. 
> 
> ora_za3: UNEXPECTED INCONSISTENCY; RUN fsck MANUALLY.
>         (i.e., without -a or -p options)
>