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Old 26th August 2011
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Originally Posted by sepuku View Post
...shut it down with the power button...
You've reported doing this multiple times. Are you aware that OpenSSH in included with OpenBSD? You can control your OpenBSD system from another, even from the Internet. You could # pkill Xorg or # halt or ... perhaps look through logs to see what is happening, while it is happening. This isn't Windows, mashing a power button is not always necessary.

See the ssh(1) and sshd(8) man pages, if you've never used them before.
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It also said to run fsck_ffs but when i do it's duration is small-the time to just press a button-and nothing changes.
That is not helpful towards a diagnosis. A log of the specific fsck_ffs command string and the output returned will be required for any further assistance with this particular problem. It appears you've never seen this; it would be helpful if you would take a look at it, particularly section b.
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I think that all my disks right now follow Murphy's Law: "If anything can go wrong, it will".
While that is possible, it's certainly not yet clear to me that this is the case.

More patience, more thoughtfulness, less panic.
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