From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 28 12:08:26 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CEBAB1065673 for ; Sun, 28 Dec 2008 12:08:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from reese@adeptscience.com) Received: from panther.adeptscience.co.uk (panther.adeptscience.co.uk [193.116.153.7]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 693758FC19 for ; Sun, 28 Dec 2008 12:08:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from reese@adeptscience.com) Received: from HP13523161411 (host86-149-199-166.range86-149.btcentralplus.com [86.149.199.166]) by panther.adeptscience.co.uk (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id mBSC8K9d041021; Sun, 28 Dec 2008 12:08:21 GMT (envelope-from reese@adeptscience.com) From: reese@adeptscience.com To: Derek Ragona , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2008 12:08:10 -0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <49576C2A.10902.9459DA1@localhost> Priority: normal In-reply-to: <6.0.0.22.2.20081227105751.0267ade8@mail.computinginnovations.com> References: <49552461.25264.5D35D1@localhost> X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Windows (v4.12a) Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-description: Mail message body Cc: Subject: Re: strange fsck results X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2008 12:08:26 -0000 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 > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > >