vkernel filesystem checks fail

[Joe Talbott]

On Fri, May 25, 2007 at 07:22:19PM -0400, Joe Talbott wrote:
> On Fri, May 25, 2007 at 03:54:09PM -0700, Matthew Dillon wrote:
> > 
> > :I'm running a HEAD vkernel (from today) on a HEAD machine from May 13,
> > :2007 and I get the following error during the filesystem checks.  I
> > :assume this is related to the recent disklabel work.  I'm not sure
> > :what I should or can do to fix this.  I tried creating a new root
> > :image but had the same problem.
> > :
> > :Can't stat /dev/vkd0a: No such file or directory
> > :Can't stat /dev/vkd0a: No such file or directory
> > :/dev/vkd0a: CAN'T CHECK FILE SYSTEM.
> > :/dev/vkd0a: UNEXPECTED INCONSISTENCY; RUN fsck MANUALLY.
> > :
> > :I also tried using the new disklabel
> > :in /usr/obj to fix the disklabel for vn0 but got this error:
> > :
> > :$ .../disklabel -e vn0
> > :disklabel: Operation not supported by device
> > :
> > :Thanks,
> > :Joe
> > 
> >     I'm going to guess that your disk image did not use a MBR or fdisk,
> >     but just had a straight disklabel.  In that case try accessing it via:
> > 
> >     disklabel vn0s0
> 
> You are correct that it is a straight disklabel.  However my host
> system is from before your disklabel update.  I don't have a vn0s0 in
> /dev though I do have a vn0s1 but get this error when using disklabel
> on it:
> 
> disklabel: ioctl DIOCGDINFO: Inappropriate ioctl for device

Okay, I managed to mount the image and edit /etc/fstab to correct the
mount points.

Joe