File system check fails on boot

From: Edward Lichtner (elichtner_at_wanadoo.fr)
Date: 10/31/05

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    Hi all,
    There's fire in the house... I recently inserted a USB memory stick and my
    5.4 Stable machine rebooted suddenly. I now get the following on boot :

    Starting file system checks :
    /dev/ad0s3a: UNKNOWN FILE TYPE I=2900154
    /dev/ad0s3a: UNEXPECTED SOFT UPDATE INCONSISTENCY: RUN fsck MANUALLY.
    Automatic file system check failed; help!
    Oct. 30 20:14:53 init: /bin/sh on /etc/rc terminated abnormally, going to
    single user mode

    When I run fsck, I get the folllowing :

    ** Phase 1 - Check Blocks and Sizes
    UNKNOWN FILE TYPE I=2900154
    UNEXPECTED SOFT UPDATE INCONSISTENCY

    CLEAR? [yn]

    ** Phase 2 - Check Pathnames
    DUP/BAD I=2900154 OWNER=root MODE=100644
    SIZE=93 MTIME=Mar 25 04:13 2004
    FILE=/usr/ports/net/ldapbrowser/distinfo

    UNEXPECTED SOFT UPDATE INCONSISTENCY

    REMOVE? [yn]

    ** Phase 3 - Check Connectivity
    ** Phase 4 - Check Reference Counts
    LINK COUNT DIR I=2 OWNER=root MODE=40755
    SIZE=512 MTIME=Oct 30 17:20 2005 COUNT 21 SHOULD BE 20
    ADJUST? [yn]

    UNREF FILE I=471058 OWNER=root MODE=100644
    SIZE=72 MTIME=Oct 30 19:03 2005
    RECONNECT? [yn]

    CLEAR? [yn]

    I then get similar messages for a dozen files, then :

    ** Phase 5 - Check Cyl groups
    SUMMARY INFORMATION BAD
    SALVAGE? [yn]

    BLK(S) MISSING IN BIT MAPS
    SALVAGE? [yn]

    FREE BLK COUNT(S) WRONG IN SUPERBLK
    SALVAGE? [yn]

    And so on... Should I just answer yes to all questions and hope for the
    best, or is there a better way of saving the day ? Needless to say, my whole
    system is on /dev/ad0s3a.
    Also, what could have caused the problem ? I recently updated my kernel to
    include HFS support. Could it be linked ?
    Thanks all,
    Edward

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