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Date:      Mon, 20 Nov 2006 16:29:17 -0800 (PST)
From:      Tom Samplonius <tom@samplonius.org>
To:        Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
Cc:        Lawrence Farr <freebsd-stable@epcdirect.co.uk>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: ufs_dirbad: bad dir panic (Was Areca Weirdness)
Message-ID:  <12759622.51164068957233.JavaMail.root@ly.sdf.com>
In-Reply-To: <30064779.31164068868905.JavaMail.root@ly.sdf.com>

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----- Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> wrote:
> > > > > >> If I newfs it, and copy data to it, I have no problem
> > > initially.
> > I can repeat this 100% now, by copying data onto the drive then
> unmounting
> > and remounting it. I have a core dump if anyone can tell me what
> info to
> > get from it:
> > 
> >   Version String: FreeBSD 6.2-PRERELEASE #0: Wed Nov 15 19:57:01 GMT
> 2006
> >     root@monitor.shorewood-epc.co.uk:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/P6NOUSB
> >   Panic String: ufs_dirbad: bad dir
> 
> Run fsck -fy on the filesystem, this is a common symptom of a
> corrupted filesystem.

  I think the OP knows the filesystem is corrupted.  The problem is why does the filesystem get corrupted?  The OP says he can corrupt the filesystem on demand after a newfs.  So it could be the Areca driver, or even bad hardware.

Tom





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