From owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 6 13:12:32 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0447916AB07 for ; Tue, 6 Jun 2006 13:12:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from anderson@centtech.com) Received: from mh2.centtech.com (moat3.centtech.com [207.200.51.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8C91943D45 for ; Tue, 6 Jun 2006 13:12:30 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from anderson@centtech.com) Received: from webmail.centtech.com (mailbox.centtech.com [10.20.0.15]) by mh2.centtech.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id k56DCUDV098079; Tue, 6 Jun 2006 08:12:30 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from anderson@centtech.com) Received: from 10.20.200.100 (SquirrelMail authenticated user anderson); by otter.centtech.com with HTTP; Tue, 6 Jun 2006 08:12:30 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <56782.10.20.200.100.1149599550.squirrel@10.20.200.100> In-Reply-To: <44857BA4.90405@introweb.nl> References: <44852CF1.5070300@introweb.nl> <62208.10.20.200.100.1149598242.squirrel@10.20.200.100> <44857BA4.90405@introweb.nl> Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2006 08:12:30 -0500 (CDT) From: "Eric Anderson" To: "Robin Elfrink" User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 Importance: Normal X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.87.1/1514/Mon Jun 5 15:21:02 2006 on mh2.centtech.com X-Virus-Status: Clean Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Recovery from disk+fs crash X-BeenThere: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Internet Services Providers List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 06 Jun 2006 13:12:37 -0000 Robin Elfrink said: > Eric Anderson wrote: > >>>root@:~# fsck /dev/da0s1f >>>** /dev/da0s1f (NO WRITE) >>>cannot alloc 18446744067446403432 bytes for inphead > > >> Have you tried using fsck_ffs and specifying an alternate superblock? >> (say 160) > > Yes: > > root@:~# fsck_ffs -b 160 /dev/da0s1f > Alternate super block location: 160 > ** /dev/da0s1f (NO WRITE) > cannot alloc 18446744067446403432 bytes for inphead > > Same error. Something is so badly wrong that fsck wants to allocate a > very big amount of memory. > > I more or less have given up on the illusion of getting data back (that > shows 'em, not letting me have a proper backup system), but still it's > annoying not knowing what is going on and how to fix it. > > > Robin > You could go in with fsdb and fix the parts manually, but it wouldn't be simple. You might also try a 'preen' first - not sure if that will do anything different. Also - this fs is not currently mounted at all, right? Eric -- ------------------------------------------------------------- Eric Anderson anderson@centtech.com Centaur Technology You have my continuous partial attention -------------------------------------------------------------