linux-ext4 - Re: fsck.ext4: Group descriptors look bad... trying backup blocks...

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Message-ID: <20090417163617.GB26479@mit.edu>
Date:	Fri, 17 Apr 2009 12:36:17 -0400
From:	Theodore Tso <tytso@....edu>
To:	Jeremy Sanders <jss@....cam.ac.uk>
Cc:	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: fsck.ext4: Group descriptors look bad... trying backup
	blocks...

On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 01:24:16PM +0100, Jeremy Sanders wrote:
> Theodore Tso wrote:
> 
> > I see from the dumpe2fs that you sent it had only been in use for a
> > week.  How were you using the filesystem?  Did you try using the
> > online resize feature at any time?
> 
> I assume that this isn't enough to corrupt the filesystem?
> 
> [root@...ck2 ~]# tune2fs -i -1 /dev/md0
> tune2fs 1.41.4 (27-Jan-2009)
> Setting interval between checks to 18446744073709465216 seconds

No, but it won't do what you want, either.  To disable time-based
checks, you should use "tune2fs -i 0 /dev/md0".

Tune2fs should have flagged an error when you specified -1; I'll have
to fix that.

	    	       		     - Ted


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