From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list xfs); Sat, 29 Jul 2006 05:58:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mondschein.lichtvoll.de (ms1.lichtvoll.de [194.150.191.234]) by oss.sgi.com (8.12.10/8.12.10/SuSE Linux 0.7) with ESMTP id k6TCvqDW029184 for ; Sat, 29 Jul 2006 05:57:53 -0700 Received: from localhost (dslb-084-056-097-058.pools.arcor-ip.net [84.56.97.58]) by mondschein.lichtvoll.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id C4ACBFA50A for ; Sat, 29 Jul 2006 14:57:08 +0200 (CEST) From: Martin Steigerwald Subject: Re: Problem with xfs_repair Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2006 14:57:19 +0200 References: <20060728064505.GA14714@charite.de> In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-6" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200607291457.20760.Martin@lichtvoll.de> Sender: xfs-bounce@oss.sgi.com Errors-To: xfs-bounce@oss.sgi.com List-Id: xfs To: linux-xfs@oss.sgi.com Am Freitag 28 Juli 2006 16:23 schrieb Justin Piszcz: > > Is your knoppix boot cd 5.0.1 == 2.6.17 == bugged kernel? ;P > > When repairing, do not use knoppix 5.0.1 or any version that uses > 2.6.17 either.. Hello Justin, since xfs_repair works independently of the in-kernel XFS implementation it is possible to repair a directory-corruption broken XFS filesystem with Knoppix 5.0.1. It did so already. I used 5.0.1 to rsync a workstation image and sure it had this slight corruption afterwards. Thus I xfs_repair'ed it and xfs_check'ed it afterwards and all was well again. No this is not a recommendation to use Knoppix 5.0.1 to rsync an workstation image ;), but an xfs_repair should be possible (unless one hits the unfixable bug). Important: When XFS needs to be mounted first before repair in order to clean the log it might not be wise to use Knoppix 5.0.1 tough. BTW when using Knoppix 5 or even an older version instead I recommend switching off the write cache to be on the safe side (hdparm -W0). Regards, -- Martin 'Helios' Steigerwald - http://www.Lichtvoll.de GPG: 03B0 0D6C 0040 0710 4AFA B82F 991B EAAC A599 84C7