Okay - so it is the major and minor numbers - thanks! That means that md2 is the culprit... Does this mean that I have a drive failing in this raid or could the filesystem just need an fsck? Thanks Mark ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Basil" <mbasil@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <mcuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: <ext3-users@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2004 1:08 PM Subject: Re: Question about EXT3 error messages in /var/log/messages > Mark C., > > Try > > ls -l /dev/ | grep "9, 2" > > -Mark B. > > On Wed, 2004-04-14 at 14:43, Mark Cuss wrote: > > Hello list > > > > I've been having the following error messages pop up in my kernel log: > > > > Apr 12 04:08:09 hal kernel: EXT3-fs error (device md(9,2)): ext3_readdir: > > bad entry in directory #2670595: rec_len %% 4 != 0 - offset=0, > > inode=827218527, rec_len=20275, name_len=73 > > Apr 12 04:08:14 hal kernel: EXT3-fs error (device md(9,2)): ext3_readdir: > > bad entry in directory #2670596: rec_len %% 4 != 0 - offset=0, > > inode=861103477, rec_len=95, name_len=95 > > Apr 12 04:08:17 hal kernel: EXT3-fs error (device md(9,2)): ext3_readdir: > > bad entry in directory #2670597: rec_len %% 4 != 0 - offset=0, > > inode=1601531495, rec_len=30819, name_len=120 > > Apr 12 04:08:20 hal kernel: EXT3-fs error (device md(9,2)): ext3_readdir: > > bad entry in directory #2670598: rec_len %% 4 != 0 - offset=0, > > inode=1634890872, rec_len=29795, name_len=111 > > Apr 12 04:08:32 hal kernel: EXT3-fs error (device md(9,2)): ext3_readdir: > > bad entry in directory #2670599: rec_len %% 4 != 0 - offset=0, > > inode=1951614277, rec_len=12337, name_len=95 > > > > I've done some searching and talked to some people on another mailing > > list... I can't seem to figure out which device these errors occur on... > > I'd been told that the "device md(9,2)" ID indicates major 9 and minor 2, > > and I've also been told that the 9 is the SCSI channel once 8 is subtracted > > from is (so, 1 in this case), and that 2 is the SCSI Id of the offending > > device in that channel. > > > > So, I'm a little lost here. I figured the experts here could let me know > > how to map the reported ID numbers to a physical disk or RAID device. > > > > Thanks in advance! > > > > Mark > > > > Mark Cuss, B. Sc. > > Real Time Systems Analyst > > System Administrator > > CDL Systems Ltd > > Suite 230 > > 3553 - 31 Street NW > > Calgary, AB, Canada > > > > Phone: 403 289 1733 ext 226 > > Fax: 403 282 1238 > > www.cdlsystems.com > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Ext3-users@xxxxxxxxxx > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ext3-users > > > > _______________________________________________ Ext3-users@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ext3-users
