From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Aug 14 22:42:21 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9720A16A41F for ; Sun, 14 Aug 2005 22:42:21 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from pmurray@open2view.com) Received: from bellagio.open2view.com (ns2.open2view.com [203.97.20.197]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2EDC643D45 for ; Sun, 14 Aug 2005 22:42:21 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from pmurray@open2view.com) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by bellagio.open2view.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 112145BC09; Mon, 15 Aug 2005 10:46:57 +1200 (NZST) Received: from bellagio.open2view.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (bellagio.open2view.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 49797-08; Mon, 15 Aug 2005 10:46:44 +1200 (NZST) Received: from [10.58.3.145] (unknown [10.58.3.145]) by bellagio.open2view.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5365A5BC04; Mon, 15 Aug 2005 10:46:44 +1200 (NZST) In-Reply-To: <20050814220416.GS26920@bunrab.catwhisker.org> References: <20050814220416.GS26920@bunrab.catwhisker.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v733) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <299ACC12-F600-4561-8660-086047D3D271@open2view.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Philip Murray Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2005 10:41:36 +1200 To: David Wolfskill X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.733) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at open2view.com Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Reoccurring filesystem corruption X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2005 22:42:21 -0000 On 15/08/2005, at 10:04 AM, David Wolfskill wrote: > On Mon, Aug 15, 2005 at 09:55:07AM +1200, Philip Murray wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I have a 4.11 machine that keeps getting file-system corruption on a >> single ATA drive ... >> > > >> Every time I see this, I run a fsck over the file-system in single >> user mode and fsck claims to have fixed all the corruption. Then, >> anywhere from a week to a month later, it starts happening again and >> gets worse and worse. >> > > You didn't mention it explicitly, but I think it's relevant: is the > file system in question mounted (read-write) at the time you do the > fsck? No, it's mounted read-only. I've also done it during early-startup when the filesystem isn't mounted at all. Cheers Philip Murray