Hi Chris, I unmounted /dev/sda2 and ran fsck.ext3. this was the complete o/p =========================== root@172:/root> fsck.ext3 /dev/sda2 -v -n e2fsck 1.40.2 (12-Jul-2007) /dev/sda2 contains a file system with errors, check forced. Pass 1: Checking inodes, blocks, and sizes Inode 1505 has imagic flag set. Clear? no Inode 1505, i_blocks is 2561936855, should be 0. Fix? no Inode 15393 has compression flag set on filesystem without compression support. Clear? no Deleted inode 164029 has zero dtime. Fix? no Inode 1463073 is in use, but has dtime set. Fix? no Inode 1463073 has imagic flag set. Clear? no Inode 1463073 has compression flag set on filesystem without compression support. Clear? no Inode 1463073 has INDEX_FL flag set but is not a directory. Clear HTree index? no HTREE directory inode 1463073 has an invalid root node. Clear HTree index? no Error reading block 4294967295 (Invalid argument). Ignore error? no HTREE directory inode 1463073 has an invalid root node. Clear HTree index? no HTREE directory inode 1463073 has an invalid root node. Clear HTree index? no Inode 1463073, i_blocks is 4294967295, should be 0. Fix? no Deleted inode 1685409 has zero dtime. Fix? no Inode 1835553 is in use, but has dtime set. Fix? no Inode 1835553 has illegal block(s). Clear? no Illegal block #0 (310724603) in inode 1835553. IGNORED. Illegal block #1 (837540054) in inode 1835553. IGNORED. Illegal block #2 (3716133180) in inode 1835553. IGNORED. Illegal block #3 (2359092648) in inode 1835553. IGNORED. Illegal block #4 (155050197) in inode 1835553. IGNORED. Illegal block #5 (2295681145) in inode 1835553. IGNORED. HTREE directory inode 1835553 has an invalid root node. Clear HTree index? no Error reading block 310724603 (Invalid argument). Ignore error? no HTREE directory inode 1835553 has an invalid root node. Clear HTree index? no HTREE directory inode 1835553 has an invalid root node. Clear HTree index? no Inode 1835553 is a zero-length directory. Clear? no Inode 1835553, i_size is 1155516870, should be 0. Fix? no Inode 1835553, i_blocks is 2500161256, should be 0. Fix? no Pass 2: Checking directory structure Entry 'pdf_fontmgr_cidfonttypes.ps' in /SYSROM_SRC/mfp/PRF/rbdisk0/PostScript (1835102) has an incorrect filetype (was 1, should be 2). Fix? no Directory inode 1835553 has an unallocated block #6. Allocate? no Directory inode 1835553 has an unallocated block #7. Allocate? no Directory inode 1835553 has an unallocated block #8. Allocate? no Directory inode 1835553 has an unallocated block #9. Allocate? no Directory inode 1835553 has an unallocated block #10. Allocate? no Directory inode 1835553 has an unallocated block #11. Allocate? no Pass 3: Checking directory connectivity '..' in /SYSROM_SRC/mfp/PRF/rbdisk0/PostScript/pdf_fontmgr_cidfonttypes.ps (1835553) is <The NULL inode> (0), should be /SYSROM_SRC/mfp/PRF/rbdisk0/PostScript (1835102). Fix? no Pass 4: Checking reference counts Inode 1505 (...) is an illegal socket. Clear? no Unattached inode 1505 Connect to /lost+found? no Unattached zero-length inode 10209. Clear? no Unattached inode 10209 Connect to /lost+found? no Inode 15393 (...) has invalid mode (0177777). Clear? no Unattached inode 15393 Connect to /lost+found? no Inode 16673 (...) has invalid mode (0177777). Clear? no Unattached inode 16673 Connect to /lost+found? no Inode 32801 (...) has invalid mode (0177777). Clear? no Unattached inode 32801 Connect to /lost+found? no Inode 33313 (...) has invalid mode (0177777). Clear? no Unattached inode 33313 Connect to /lost+found? no Inode 49185 (...) has invalid mode (0177777). Clear? no Unattached inode 49185 Connect to /lost+found? no Inode 49697 (...) has invalid mode (0177777). Clear? no Unattached inode 49697 Connect to /lost+found? no Inode 65569 (...) has invalid mode (0177777). Clear? no Unattached inode 65569 Connect to /lost+found? no Inode 66081 (...) has invalid mode (0177777). Clear? no Unattached inode 66081 Connect to /lost+found? no Inode 1463073 (...) has invalid mode (00). Clear? no Unattached inode 1463073 Connect to /lost+found? no WARNING: PROGRAMMING BUG IN E2FSCK! OR SOME BONEHEAD (YOU) IS CHECKING A MOUNTED (LIVE) FILESYSTEM. inode_link_info[1835553] is 44779, inode.i_links_count is 1. They should be the same! Inode 1835553 ref count is 1, should be 1. Fix? no Pass 5: Checking group summary information Block bitmap differences: -(305650--305665) -359594 -(359611--360268) -(3701464--3701466) Fix? no Inode bitmap differences: +1505 +10209 +15393 +16673 +32801 +33313 +49185 +49697 +65569 +66081 -164029 +1463073 Fix? no Directories count wrong for group #112 (17, counted=18). Fix? no /dev/sda2: ********** WARNING: Filesystem still has errors ********** 15162 inodes used (0.50%) 81 non-contiguous inodes (0.5%) # of inodes with ind/dind/tind blocks: 1370/52/0 605645 blocks used (10.05%) 0 bad blocks 1 large file 11831 regular files 886 directories 0 character device files 0 block device files 0 fifos 4294967294 links 2436 symbolic links (2414 fast symbolic links) 0 sockets -------- 15150 files Here is the log from tail /var/log/kern.log ============================================= Oct 25 17:16:53 172 kernel: [ 267.117373] attempt to access beyond end of device Oct 25 17:16:53 172 kernel: [ 267.117396] sda2: rw=0, want=13777058744, limit=48195000 Oct 25 17:16:53 172 kernel: [ 267.117404] attempt to access beyond end of device Oct 25 17:16:53 172 kernel: [ 267.117411] sda2: rw=0, want=16416658088, limit=48195000 Oct 25 17:16:53 172 kernel: [ 267.117419] attempt to access beyond end of device Oct 25 17:16:53 172 kernel: [ 267.117425] sda2: rw=0, want=15853339616, limit=48195000 Oct 25 17:16:53 172 kernel: [ 267.117432] attempt to access beyond end of device Oct 25 17:16:53 172 kernel: [ 267.117439] sda2: rw=0, want=30048438328, limit=48195000 - Ameet On Thu, 2007-10-25 at 12:05 +0200, Christian Kujau wrote: > Ameet, > > On Thu, October 25, 2007 11:18, Ameet Nanda wrote: > > The error I got after tar runs for sometime was : > > Please post the errors from your system log (usually /var/log/messages, > /var/log/kern.log or the like). > > > on doing a fsck.ext3 i get the result as: > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > > /dev/sda2: ********** WARNING: Filesystem still has errors ********** > > Did you unmount /dev/sda2 before running fsck.ext3? Please do, and then > post the *whole* output of the "fsck.ext3 -v" run, not just the results. > > C. _______________________________________________ Ext3-users mailing list Ext3-users@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ext3-users