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

[Eddie Atherton]

Dave Chinner wrote:
> 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?
>   
I can try, but it's kinda difficult, as this happens in a VM, where I 
don't have a filesystem to capture the data to, or any "communication" 
to the "outside world" to transfer it out.  But, hey, that's what 
challenges are all about.

Cheers,
Eddie
> Cheers,
>
> Dave.
>   
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