Re: XFS CORRUPTION 2.6.17.13?

[David Chinner <dgc@xxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Nov 23, 2006 at 06:18:00PM -0500, Justin Piszcz wrote:
> Ah,
> 
> I did not make a copy unfortunatley.

It was too much to hope for :/

> I used the default mkfs.xfs settings from Knoppix 4.0.2 I believe, 
> whatever version of xfsprogs it has for a 400GB drive.

Ok, so 256 byte inodes then. A single bad buffer write is possible
then.

> Any idea how it could have been 'trashed' in one way?  It appeared to 
> occur shortly after boot-up, which then a backup occurs (heavy I/O) to a 
> remote box via NFS.

No idea - I was hoping to get a clue by looking at the raw corrupted
data if you still had it around.....

Cheers,

Dave.
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Dave Chinner
Principal Engineer
SGI Australian Software Group