Kernel Panic: Unexpected soft update inconsistency; run fsck manually
Operating System:
FreeBSD 5.4
What happened:
Server went unresponsive at the console and came up with the error upon power cycling.
Work done:
Ran a fsck from single user mode and then rebooted.
End result:
The fsck was successful and the server rebooted without an issue.
[...] unexpected soft update inconsistency mixed with ugly looking physical bad m****ing sectors/blocks that can not be repaired with FSCK but rather with a hummer. [...]