From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932150AbWHaTRD (ORCPT ); Thu, 31 Aug 2006 15:17:03 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932322AbWHaTRD (ORCPT ); Thu, 31 Aug 2006 15:17:03 -0400 Received: from THUNK.ORG ([69.25.196.29]:34011 "EHLO thunker.thunk.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932150AbWHaTRB (ORCPT ); Thu, 31 Aug 2006 15:17:01 -0400 Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2006 15:16:49 -0400 From: Theodore Tso To: Richard Amick Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: EXT3-fs error Message-ID: <20060831191649.GC5708@thunk.org> Mail-Followup-To: Theodore Tso , Richard Amick , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <26279fb90608311102w2d74ed03w1ca5d1ea359a8b1b@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <26279fb90608311102w2d74ed03w1ca5d1ea359a8b1b@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: tytso@thunk.org X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No (on thunker.thunk.org); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Aug 31, 2006 at 11:02:35AM -0700, Richard Amick wrote: > > My question: > How do I determine what is/was contained in "directory #14058742"? You can run debugfs on the mounted filesystem and give the command: debugfs: ls <14058742> You can figure out its pathname by doing a: debugfs: cd <14058742> debugfs: pwd > Running e2fsck is really not an option right now as this is a > production server and a very large volume (300GB with 150GB used). Note though that your filesystem *is* corrupted, and running with errors (as you are currently doing) can risk further filesystem corruption leading to data loss --- in the worst case, significant data loss. In this particular case, if the reported corrupted directory entry is the *only* filesystem corruption, it's not likely that it will cause any problems, but.... This is the point where sky divers are asked to sign a liability release waiver that essentially says, "I am about to do this really silly, dangerous thing of my own free will, and it could lead to significant injury or DEATH." It might be safe to sky dive --- although I've never seen the point of jumping out of a perfectly good airplane --- but there is risk involved. Some people seem to get off on risk, though. :-) At the very least, I would recommend doing a full backup of your system.... - Ted