From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Michael Weissenbacher Subject: fsck.reiser4 problem (was: reiser4 corruption problem) Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2004 23:49:10 +0200 Message-ID: <4130FDD6.1090906@dermichi.com> References: <412E6EFC.3070600@dermichi.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: list-help: list-unsubscribe: list-post: Errors-To: flx@namesys.com In-Reply-To: <412E6EFC.3070600@dermichi.com> List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; format="flowed" To: ReiserFS List > i've already had the exact same problems before, i mean errors like: > FSCK: Directory [109e8:416c7400000000:109ee] (dir40), node [216782],=20 > item [1], > unit [22]: entry has wrong offset > [109ee:0(NAME):142657765726275:6e6746fc72416e77:135160352fe624]. Should be > [109ee:0(NAME):142657765726275:6e6746fc72416e77:13514d8cfe19f4]. > while doing random other things on reiser4 partitions and fsck'ing=20 > afterwards. using --build-fs created lots of files under lost+found and=20 > i started over. i will leave the fs this time, maybe i can try some=20 > things to find the cause of the problem. i've investigated this problem further the last days and came to the=20 following conclusions: - 2.6.9-rc1-mm1 has a bug that affects all filesystems (pointed out=20 earlier today). so don't use if you love your data ;) - reiser4 is stable for me on 2.6.8.1-mm4 (i compared the directories=20 with diff and there were no differences) - the problem with fsck.reiser4 mentioned above persists. it does not=20 like some file names on my partition and then thinks that there are=20 fatal corruptions. using "fsck.reiser4 --build-fs" actually destroys=20 some data then by moving some correct files to lost+found. the filenames=20 fsck does not like all contain german umlauts. but otoh there are=20 filenames with umlauts that are ok! here are some filenames that fail: BewerbungF=FCrAnwaltsb=FCro.doc Graphik01Markenidentit=E4t.sxd SkriptumzumSeminarF=FChren.doc WieTeamseffizientwerdenk=F6nnen.doc but otoh these work: WerbeK=E4rntnerBallonwerbung.sxw Vo 08 - 29. M=E4rz 2001.pdf Tsch=F6ranKirche.jpg V=F6lkermarktKircheGross.jpg i know that it's never a good idea to use such characters in a file=20 name, but tell this to the users ... hopeless! as i already mentioned earlier, this is with reiserfsprogs-1.0.1 what i learned: don't trust fsck.reiser4 if it says there is corruption=20 (yes i know, it could have read README before... sigh) Michael