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Subject: Re: ubifs: partition won't mount: duplicate sqnum in replay ???
From: Artem Bityutskiy <dedekind@infradead.org>
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On Tue, 2008-12-30 at 10:51 +0200, Adrian Hunter wrote:
> Cal Page wrote:
> > How do I get past this UBIFS mount failure:
> >=20
> > UBIFS error (pid XXX): insert_node: duplicate sqnum in replay.
> >=20
> > UBIFS DBG (pid XXX): ubifs_bp_thread: background thread "ubifs_bht0_1" =
stops
>=20
> The error is fatal.  There is no getting past it.
>=20
> Perhaps you could send some more information.  What kernel version are yo=
u using?
> What patches have you applied? How did the problem arise? Can you send al=
l the
> kernel messages? Can you send an image of the file system?

I think he did not properly erase his flash, than flashed the image
somehow, and ended up with a mixture of old garbage and the new image.
But this is only a theory.

--=20
Best regards,
Artem Bityutskiy (=D0=91=D0=B8=D1=82=D1=8E=D1=86=D0=BA=D0=B8=D0=B9 =D0=90=
=D1=80=D1=82=D1=91=D0=BC)