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From: Florian Weimer <fw@deneb.enyo.de>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@digeo.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [2.5.69] ext3 error: rec_len %% 4 != 0
Date: Wed, 28 May 2003 10:50:44 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87ptm38nff.fsf@deneb.enyo.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20030528012512.5d631827.akpm@digeo.com> (Andrew Morton's message of "Wed, 28 May 2003 01:25:12 -0700")

Andrew Morton <akpm@digeo.com> writes:

> Are you using htree?  Run
>
> 	dumpe2fs -h /dev/hda1 | grep features
>
> and if it says "dir_index" then try turning it off:
>
> 	tune2fs -O ^dir_index /dev/hda1
>
> and reboot.

No dir_index here, sorry.

> If it is not an htree problem (and htree seems pretty stable now)
> then possibly the IO system has lost some data.  If possible, try
> using a normal old disk (no RAID).

Sorry, that's not possible, the data does not fit onto a single
disk. 8-(

> Falling back to ext2 for a while would be interesting.

Okay, will fallback to ext2 next time a reboot is required.  (I guess
removing the has_journal feature using tune2fs is the easiest way to
do this, after a clean unmount, of course.)

  reply	other threads:[~2003-05-28  8:37 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-05-28  8:05 [2.5.69] ext3 error: rec_len %% 4 != 0 Florian Weimer
2003-05-28  8:25 ` Andrew Morton
2003-05-28  8:50   ` Florian Weimer [this message]
2003-05-28  8:59     ` Andrew Morton
2003-05-30 15:15   ` Florian Weimer
2003-06-06  7:59     ` Florian Weimer

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