XFS internal error xfs_trans_cancel at line 1164 of file fs/xfs/xfs_trans.c

[Dave Chinner]

On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 11:58:35PM -0700, Eddie Atherton wrote:
> I'm trying to install a clean Slackware 12.2 (2.6.27.7) under ESXi, and  
> can almost guarantee getting this error immediately after formatting the  
> root partition.  It's happened 4 out of the 5 times I've tried, so far.
>
> The sequence of commands, after digging through the install scripts,  
> that lead to this failure are just:
>
> mkfs.xfs
> mount
> mkdir

That's bizarre. Can you provide a xfs_metadump image of the fs after
the shutdown has occurred?

Cheers,

Dave.
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Dave Chinner
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