On Mon, 22 Sep 2003, Cory Visi wrote:
> > > I recently patched up my own custom 2.4.22 kernel with the 2.4.22 XFS
> > > split patches. I am also using the 2.4.23-pre4 patch.
> > >
> > > To do a filesystem test, I basically just shut the machine off and
> > > see if XFS recovers. Which I did. Instead of the system booting up, I get
> > > this:
> > >
> > > <normal kernel messages cut>
> > > XFS mounting filesystem sd(8,1)
> > > Starting XFS recovery on filesystem: sd(8,1) (dev: 8/1)
> > > XFS: xlog_recover_process_data: bad clientid
> > > XFS: log mount/recovery failed
> > > XFS: log mount failed
> > > Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 08:01
> >
> > i recently had several power failures, and my UPS batteries failed,
> > and as a result i had four 2.4.22 systems lose power, all recovered
> > perfectly fine (several times). I think there must be something else
> > going on with your setup.
>
> Ok, assuming this is the case, what kinds of things can cause a log
> recovery to fail? Am I mounting it wrong in the bootloader? I'm
> telling the kernel to mount read-only. Am I mounting with the wrong mount
> options? Any help would be appreciated.
Are you running the latest release of xfsprogs?
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