(It was suggested I send a copy of this to ext3-users, so here it is - note that I need this RAID going so I've rebuilt with reiser, but would still appreciate suggestions; the message was original sent to the lkml) Hi, I've just built an 800GB RAID5 array and built an ext3 file system on it; on trying to copy data off the 200GB RAID it is replacing I'm starting to see errors of the form: kernel: EXT3-fs error (device md(9,2)): ext3_new_block: Allocating block in system zone - block = 140509185 and kernel: EXT3-fs error (device md(9,2)): ext3_add_entry: bad entry in directory #70254593: rec_len %% 4 != 0 - offset=28, inode=23880564, rec_len=21587, name_len=76 and kernel: raid5: multiple 1 requests for sector 281018464 This is on an x86 which has been running fine on the smaller raid for years (albeit Reiser); the array is built from 5 200GB Western Digi IDEs on a mix of promise and HPT controllers (there are no IDE errors visible). This is a straight 2.4.20 kernel. The previous messages to the list with this form of error have suggested the problem is related to >2TB arrays; but this one is a relative tiny one. Help greatly appreciated, Dave ---------------- Have a happy GNU millennium! ---------------------- / Dr. David Alan Gilbert | Running GNU/Linux on Alpha,68K| Happy \ \ gro.gilbert @ treblig.org | MIPS,x86,ARM,SPARC,PPC & HPPA | In Hex / \ _________________________|_____ http://www.treblig.org |_______/ ----- End forwarded message ----- ---------------- Have a happy GNU millennium! ---------------------- / Dr. David Alan Gilbert | Running GNU/Linux on Alpha,68K| Happy \ \ gro.gilbert @ treblig.org | MIPS,x86,ARM,SPARC,PPC & HPPA | In Hex / \ _________________________|_____ http://www.treblig.org |_______/ _______________________________________________ Ext3-users@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ext3-users
