Hi! > * What led up to the situation? > > I did: sudo fsck /dev/sda<tab><tab> > > * What was the outcome of this action? > > fsck freezed running for (probably) infinite amount of time > > System monitor says it is running 'find -L /dev/ -type b', a > process that uses 25% of my CPU (one of four core)
I can reproduce the problem with sudo, but not when running as root. Plus, for me it actually doesn't block indefinitely. It just takes a bit longer, but at some point it will actually list the devices: glaubitz@ikarus:~$ sudo fsck /dev/sda /dev/sda /dev/sda1 /dev/sda2 /dev/sda3 /dev/sda4 /dev/sda5 /dev/sda6 /dev/sda7 glaubitz@ikarus:~$ sudo fsck /dev/sda It takes around 5-10 seconds here. Are you sure it blocks indefinitely for you? Adrian -- .''`. John Paul Adrian Glaubitz : :' : Debian Developer - glaub...@debian.org `. `' Freie Universitaet Berlin - glaub...@physik.fu-berlin.de `- GPG: 62FF 8A75 84E0 2956 9546 0006 7426 3B37 F5B5 F913
