From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750741AbWGCWK6 (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Jul 2006 18:10:58 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751103AbWGCWK6 (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Jul 2006 18:10:58 -0400 Received: from viefep14-int.chello.at ([213.46.255.14]:7462 "EHLO viefep14-int.chello.at") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750741AbWGCWK6 (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Jul 2006 18:10:58 -0400 Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2006 00:11:17 +0200 From: Hungerburg To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: thank you, xfs team Message-ID: <20060703221117.GA27898@lazy.shacknet.nu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11+cvs20060403 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org hello there, I hope this is not the wrong place, yet I have to write this now, before I forget about it: I had to swap a dying harddrive. after receiving many mails from the smart daemon, recent kernel patches to xfs made me aware of the full extent of the problem. keywords: - XFS internal error XFS_WANT_CORRUPTED_RETURN - Device: /dev/hda, 1 Currently unreadable (pending) sectors - Device: /dev/hda, 1 Offline uncorrectable sectors the tools to copy what is still there (data) are a boon - they require some reading, but the thing is doable (xfs_copy to good disk, then xfs_dump from there) yours Hungerburg -- ||| | | | | | | | | http://arton.cunst.net/ | | | | | | | | |||