From: Dave Chinner <david@fromorbit.com>
To: Luciano ES <lucmove@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-xfs@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: I got file system corruption with XFS
Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2018 08:27:01 +1100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20181211212701.GE6311@dastard> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20181211183203.7fdbca0f@lud1.home>
On Tue, Dec 11, 2018 at 06:32:03PM -0200, Luciano ES wrote:
> I needed to restore something from my backups, an external hard disk
> that is kept separately, always disconnected until I really need it.
>
> But the file system refused to be mounted: "structure needs cleaning,"
> it said.
>
> I googled and didn't find much hope about it. I followed what little
> advice I found: I ran xfs_repair and it didn't work. So I ran it
> again with -L and it worked, but the software itself warned me that
> some files could not be recovered. I'll never know which ones.
>
> I always liked XFS and thought those dreaded days of file system
> corruption and lost files were far behind. So my only question is:
> Why does that happen? The disk is not even used 99% of the time.
> How does an XFS file system go belly up just like that?
What was the actual error message?
http://xfs.org/index.php/XFS_FAQ#Q:_What_information_should_I_include_when_reporting_a_problem.3F
Cheers,
Dave.
--
Dave Chinner
david@fromorbit.com
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-12-11 21:27 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-12-11 20:32 I got file system corruption with XFS Luciano ES
2019-08-15 20:32 ` XFS file system refuses to mount Luciano ES
2019-08-03 0:53 ` XFS file system corruption, " Luciano ES
2018-12-11 20:57 ` I got file system corruption with XFS Eric Sandeen
2018-12-11 22:54 ` Luciano ES
2018-12-12 1:01 ` Eric Sandeen
2018-12-11 21:27 ` Dave Chinner [this message]
2019-03-31 22:49 ` File system corruption in two hard disks Dave Chinner
2019-04-01 21:13 ` Luciano ES
2019-04-01 21:32 ` Dave Chinner
2019-04-02 16:23 ` Luciano ES
2019-04-02 16:42 ` Eric Sandeen
2019-04-02 18:54 ` Chris Murphy
2019-04-02 21:37 ` Dave Chinner
2019-08-03 1:11 ` XFS file system corruption, refuses to mount Darrick J. Wong
2019-08-03 1:53 ` Luciano ES
2019-08-03 5:35 ` Dave Chinner
2019-08-03 8:05 ` Luciano ES
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