linux-kernel - Re: Major SATA / EXT3 Issue?

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Date:	Wed, 31 Oct 2007 03:25:54 -0400
From:	Theodore Tso <tytso@....edu>
To:	Heikki Orsila <shdl@...alwe.fi>
Cc:	Chris Holvenstot <cholvenstot@...cast.net>,
	kernel list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Major SATA / EXT3 Issue?

On Tue, Oct 30, 2007 at 03:59:24PM +0200, Heikki Orsila wrote:
> 3. fsck -p on boot failed
> 
> (it is very probable not many files were corrupted at this stage)

Maybe...
> 
> 4. I ran fsck.ext3 -y
> 
> => that corrupted lots and lots of files. This went 
> into a loop, the fsck.ext3 restarted checking over and over again.

It's possible that e2fsck corrupted the files, but they also could
have been corrupted earlier by the earlier I/O errors.  There are some
relatively rare filesystem corruptions which e2fsck doesn't handle as
gracefully as it should, though, I will admit.  I would need to see
the e2fsck transcript to be sure. 

Were there any messages about needing to relocate inode tables by any
chance?

						- Ted
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