Re: xfs_repair dies with a fatal error

[Nathan Scott <nathans@xxxxxxx>]

On Wed, Mar 24, 2004 at 05:30:25AM +0000, Jeff Snyder wrote:
> Hi, 
> ...
> I'm getting the error "fatal error -- can't read block 0 for directory inode 
> xxxxxxxx" when i try to run xfs_repair. The filesystem is on an evms volume, 

hi Jeff,

Grab the xfs_repair from cvs on oss.sgi.com, it has a fix for
this issue.  From xfsprogs/doc/CHANGES...

xfsprogs-2.6.7 (19 March 2003)
        ...
        - Fix xfs_repair handling of version 2 directories with a
          hole at the start.

So 2.6.7 or later should do it. :)

cheers.

-- 
Nathan