Date: Wed, 06 Jul 2016 11:59:41 -0500 From: Mark Felder <feld@FreeBSD.org> To: Jeffrey Bouquet <jbtakk@iherebuywisely.com>, current <current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Issues to maybe prioritize before pkg-base Message-ID: <1467824381.1527903.658633769.61556071@webmail.messagingengine.com> In-Reply-To: <E1bKUf7-00061e-KQ@rmm6prod02.runbox.com> References: <E1bKUf7-00061e-KQ@rmm6prod02.runbox.com>
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On Tue, Jul 5, 2016, at 13:01, Jeffrey Bouquet wrote: > Main disk would not boot cleanly. > could not fsck_ffs, cannot find inode > files went missing from /etc (make.conf, pf.conf, firewall*, > file went missing from rc.d > files went missing from /etc/X11 > shell history file remained locked. > find suddenly could not find /usr/local/lib/*/libc.so.5 > freecolor could not find its libraries > Xorg could not find lib* in /usr/local/lib > > > etc > somewhat fixed those from backup. > Which hosed the latest pkg install * upgrades (byobu bump, etc) which I > reinstalled > Put the disk on backup, latter mountroot, ran fsck_ffs on the failing > disk /root and /usr, multiple times, > ...... > Inexplicably got all libraries back, working, and files restored AS FAR > AS I KNOW > but as usual in this case, which happens at least twice a year, although > I restore > the desktop and programs (usually) to a working state, with adequate > backups, Are you getting UFS corruption and have SU+J enabled? You might want to turn off SU+J and just use SU. That's probably the issue. -- Mark Felder ports-secteam member feld@FreeBSD.org
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