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On Thursday 22 July 2010 05:14:08 David Relson wrote: |
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> /var/log/messages has indicated a slew of XFS problems on an external |
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> USB hard drive (see attachment). These look pretty fatal. Anybody |
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> think the file system is recoverable? |
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You'll have to try to recover it, to see if it is possible: xfs is vulnerable |
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to power interruptions, so a faulty USB cable can cause corruption. I haven't |
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had a corrupted xfs system for years now, so I put initial experiences down to |
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early (buggy) versions of the drivers. In my case, I was not able to recover |
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and I had to reformat and start again. After a couple of early mortality |
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cases the fs in question carried on for 4 years without a single problem. |
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Try xfs_check and xfs_repair with the drive unmounted, but first use |
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xfs_dump/restore or dd to make a back up just in case. |
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> Also, palimpsest is reporting (graphically) that my external hard drive is |
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> about to die. Can I save it's report to a text file??? |
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Sorry, can't help with that because I'm not familiar with the application. |
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You could use sys-apps/smartmontools if you want a console application that |
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you can copy and paste from. |
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Regards, |
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Mick |
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