Hi,
The following has happened:
Today I was editing some files on my / filesystem. I had made some changes
to one of my startup scripts and the configuration file for samba, which are
one the same filesystem. When I tried to look into the logfile directory,
which is a separate lv, I could run ls, but when I ran ls -la, it hung. Only
option was to reboot, but I waited a little, probably enough time to clear
the changes to disk. After a reboot I noticed the files I had changed were
indeed changed, the still had the same size, but were filled with ^@
characters -> This was visible through vim. Funny thing is that the backup
files vi makes (.rc.samba.swp) were also damaged and not useable anymore.
Specs:
gcc-2.95.3
glibc-2.2.5
binutils-2.11.2
linux 2.4.18
The first 2.4.18 xfs patch.
evms 0.9.2 -> no lvm anymore.
lvs:
/, /usr, /home, /var.
Downloading the entire xfs-2.4 cvs takes a lot of time, but if necessary, I
can do that. There used to be some weekly patches, maybe the location has
changed, but I can't seem to find them anymore.
Groeten,
Bas.
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