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Date:      Tue, 6 Jun 2006 08:12:30 -0500 (CDT)
From:      "Eric Anderson" <anderson@centtech.com>
To:        "Robin Elfrink" <elfrink@introweb.nl>
Cc:        freebsd-isp@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Recovery from disk+fs crash
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>

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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


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