Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2008 12:08:10 -0000 From: reese@adeptscience.com To: Derek Ragona <derek@computinginnovations.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: strange fsck results Message-ID: <49576C2A.10902.9459DA1@localhost> In-Reply-To: <6.0.0.22.2.20081227105751.0267ade8@mail.computinginnovations.com> References: <49552461.25264.5D35D1@localhost>
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I am running VMware Server 2.0 but see the same results with
VMware Server 1.0. The virtual machines are copies that I
made by transferring the vmware files for it from another server.
As far as I know it did not have any fsck problems on that machine
but I don't have access to it any more. I have noticed that there
are a lot of failures (corrupted files) when moving VMware appliances with the
use of USB memory sticks so I do test them right on the memory
stick before I disconnect from the PC.
All the host OSs are Windows XP Professional using IDE ATA drives, current
hardware is an HP dx2450 AMD Phenom. but I saw the same errors on an Acer.
The files systems are:
# Device Mountpoint FStype Options Dump Pass#
/dev/ad0s1b none swap sw 0 0
/dev/ad0s1a / ufs rw 1 1
/dev/ad0s1e /usr ufs rw 2 2
/dev/ad0s1d /var ufs rw 2 2
/dev/acd0 /cdrom cd9660 ro,noauto 0 0
Here is a bit from fsck of /var
hueysan_vm: {10} fsck /var
** /dev/ad0s1d (NO WRITE)
** Last Mounted on /var
** Phase 1 - Check Blocks and Sizes
** Phase 2 - Check Pathnames
** Phase 3 - Check Connectivity
** Phase 4 - Check Reference Counts
UNREF FILE I=190413 OWNER=root MODE=100644
SIZE=235 MTIME=Dec 27 12:23 2008
RECONNECT? no
CLEAR? no
...
I get about a dozen similar UNREF errors.
I am only worried about the errors if they might cause a problem
with the use of the virtual server as a development server. I have
installed and have running apache, mysql, sendmail, samba,
rsync, etc and they all seem to work fine. I am planning on
distributing copies of the virtual server to some others who are
working on a project with me so I really only need to be
fairly sure that no hidden gotchas are going to plague
our efforts. Having the virtual server setup is a BIG plus
when collaborating with people who only have Windows
PCs, before I had a central FreeBSD server for testing
etc but that is so much slower then have a local development
server. Being able to just send off a memory stick with the
VMserver and instructions is fantastic.
Thanks to all,
Charlie Reese
On 27 Dec 2008 at 11:00, Derek Ragona wrote:
> At 12:37 PM 12/26/2008, reese@adeptscience.com wrote:
> >I am running FreeBSD 6.3 as a VMware virtual server and am getting some
> >strange results when I run fsck. When I run it in multi-user mode I get
> >quite a few UNREF FILE errors but when I switch to single user mode
> >fsck does not find any errors. Is this something I need to worry about
> >and if it is how might I try to get fsck to repair them?
> >
> >
> >TIA
> >Charlie Reese
>
> You need to give a bit more information: Are you running your VM under esx
> server or workstation? What is your filesystem layout under freebsd. What
> is the underlying server and disks you are running vmware on?
>
> -Derek
>
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