From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:43458 "EHLO plane.gmane.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757142AbaDHRAG (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 Apr 2014 13:00:06 -0400 Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1WXZNU-0005zW-2l for linux-btrfs@vger.kernel.org; Tue, 08 Apr 2014 19:00:04 +0200 Received: from apersaud.dhcp.lbl.gov ([128.3.5.130]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 08 Apr 2014 19:00:04 +0200 Received: from apersaud by apersaud.dhcp.lbl.gov with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 08 Apr 2014 19:00:04 +0200 To: linux-btrfs@vger.kernel.org From: Arun Persaud Subject: Re: error 2001, no inode item Date: Tue, 08 Apr 2014 09:56:45 -0700 Message-ID: References: <53433170.5030806@lbl.gov> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-btrfs-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Hello On 04/08/2014 05:10 AM, Duncan wrote: >[...] >> I >> copied all the files from my old HD using dd, converted and then resized >> the file system. However, my old drive already had some errors. > > There's a page on the wiki specifically covering conversion. Please read > it carefully and follow the recommendations, as the post-ext4-subvolume- > delete defrag and balance it recommends can prevent problems later. > > https://btrfs.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Conversion_from_Ext3 I did follow instructions from a similar website. The fsck on the ext4 system didn't work though. I also ran the balance command on btrfs, but I'm not sure anymore, if I ran the defrag. > [...] >> Btrfs v3.12+20131125 that's the version I have installed at the moment. > FWIW, there's a new btrfs-progs v3.14 version available. [...] > >>> uname -a >> Linux apersaud 3.14.0-23.gfa168d7-desktop #1 SMP PREEMPT Tue Apr 1 >> 12:54:08 UTC 2014 (fa168d7) x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux > > Looks like you're up on the kernel, anyway. =:^) > >> I'm running opensuse/Tumbleweed. I'll see if I can get an update for btrfs-progs. >[...] > Don't run btrfs check --repair unless you're either told to do so by a > dev after examining the errors you are seeing, or it's the last desperate > step before you scrap the filesystem and mkfs anyway, so there's nothing > to lose. OK, good to know ;) >[...] > And one more thing as a hint to save you some trouble. Strongly consider > both the noatime (mainly performance) and the autodefrag mount options, I have noatime, but I'll add autodefrag. Thanks Arun