Date: Mon, 27 Oct 1997 17:27:20 +0100 (MET) From: Eivind Eklund <perhaps@yes.no> To: Chuck Robey <chuckr@glue.umd.edu> Cc: perhaps@yes.no, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Directories disappearing? Message-ID: <199710271627.RAA02255@bitbox.follo.net> In-Reply-To: Chuck Robey's message of Sun, 26 Oct 1997 21:38:56 -0500 (EST) References: <199710270219.DAA00414@bitbox.follo.net> <Pine.BSF.3.96.971026213644.10179E-100000@picnic.mat.net>
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> > On Mon, 27 Oct 1997, Eivind Eklund wrote: > > > > > Starting approx a week ago, directories have started to disappear from > > my -current system. It only seem to affect directories in which files > > are added/removed (both operations have had directories disappearing > > under my feet). > > > > Anybody else that are having the same problem? Any suspect changes? > > I've not had enough disk activity for the files in the directories to > > go away through proper unlinks - I've had a a directory with 3000 > > files disappear with nary a sound from the disk. > > > > fsck is not reporting any problems with the disk this has happened on. > > Tell more. Are you running SMP? Have you looked into your archive, are > the files really gone, or unhooked from cvs? Most of them weren't CVS-related. I'm not running SMP; single processor PPro 200 with 64 MB RAM, 3 SCSI-disks on an Adaptec 2940. 128MB swap (yes, too little - old system). This was on an UFS with noatime, but NOT async. See my mail to PHK for other details of exactly what kind of directories that disappeared. Eivind.home | help
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