Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2004 08:41:09 -0600 From: Scott Long <scottl@samsco.org> To: "Simson L. Garfinkel" <simsong@csail.mit.edu> Cc: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: problems with fsck_ffs Message-ID: <412DF685.4010505@samsco.org> In-Reply-To: <249AA14A-F6D6-11D8-87E0-000A95DA91E2@csail.mit.edu> References: <249AA14A-F6D6-11D8-87E0-000A95DA91E2@csail.mit.edu>
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Simson L. Garfinkel wrote: > Greetings. I just had a RAID crash which required some recovery with > fsck_ffs. > > Two problems with fsck_ffs in 5.2 were discovered: > > 1. There is a divide-by-0 error that happens under some conditions when > the contents of the superblock and the backup superblock are partially > damaged. > > =>Would you like a fix for this? Of course! > > 2. There is no obvious functionality to scan the whole hard-drive for > backup superblocks. > > => I've written such a program. If I integrate it into fsck, will > you take the mods? I'd definitely like to see it. Scott
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