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From: "Holger Hoffstätte" <holger.hoffstaette@googlemail.com>
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Cc: Linux Btrfs <linux-btrfs@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: problem with long running btrfs mount operation
Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2015 16:57:35 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <56016C5F.6010406@googlemail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20150922144312.GB14395@sfserver>

On 09/22/15 16:43, S. Fricke wrote:
>> On Tue, Sep 22, 2015 at 9:53 AM, Holger Hoffstätte
>> <holger.hoffstaette@googlemail.com> wrote:
>>> On 09/22/15 15:38, S. Fricke wrote:
>>>> I have a problem with one of my btrfs hdds. If I mount it, it needs more than
>>>> 135 minutes for this operation. After the mounting it works normaly. This is
>>>> reproducible only with this hdd.
>>>>
>>>> Maybe someone has a clue what is going wrong here.
>>>
>>> On remount it tries to continue a previously started balance, which fails with
>>> an error (as can be seen at the end of your log). You should:
>>>
>>> a) immediately stop what you're doing on that fs and unmount it
>>> b) get btrfs-progs-4.2.1 (not 4.2) and see what it says
> 
> What should it say to me? I have to send a command? Should I try to mount the
> device after I have unmount it? BTW: Is btrfs-progs needed for mounting?

I should have been more clear and say "run btrfs check", which I originally
intended to write but then somehow didn't. Sorry. :-)

btrfs-progs is not needed for mounting, only for administrative commands.

-h


  reply	other threads:[~2015-09-22 14:57 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-09-22 13:38 problem with long running btrfs mount operation S. Fricke
2015-09-22 13:53 ` Holger Hoffstätte
2015-09-22 14:31   ` Richard Michael
2015-09-22 14:43     ` S. Fricke
2015-09-22 14:57       ` Holger Hoffstätte [this message]
2015-09-22 15:13         ` Hugo Mills
2015-09-23  5:42         ` S. Fricke
2015-09-23  9:36           ` Holger Hoffstätte

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