FreeBSD/unix: catch 22 situation?
 

My FreeBSD 6.3 box panicked, now I'm unable to mount one of the drives.

crawler# mount /dev/ad8 /mnt
mount: /dev/ad8: Operation not permitted
Apr 10 05:12:24 crawler kernel: WARNING: R/W mount of /mnt denied. Filesystem is not clean - run fsck

crawler# fsck /dev/ad8
fsck: Could not determine filesystem type

crawler# mount -r /dev/ad8 /mnt
(this is a read only mount, it works - I can see directories and files)

So the problem is: I can't mount it read/write until it's fsck'd, but I'm unable to fsck it

Fscking hell! What the fsck I do? :error

The data is redundant/expendable but I'm more concerned about the fact that I seem to have suddenly lost a usable file system...

Do you use a host that isn't shitty?

btw, try specifying the file system type with a switch during fsck

man fsck