[CLUE-Tech] corrupted ext2 directory?
David Anselmi
anselmi at americanisp.net
Wed Jun 11 12:50:24 MDT 2003
Dan Harris wrote:
[...]
>
> DUMP: dumping (Pass III) [directories]
> /dev/sda2: EXT2 directory corrupted while converting directory #7569431
>
> /dev/sda2 is on a mirrored RAID volume.
This indicates a problem if your dumping ext3 as ext2:
https://listman.redhat.com/archives/valhalla-list/2002-June/msg02655.html
>
> I rebooted the machine and ran fsck on the partition. No errors were
> reported and no action was taken.
If the partition is marked clean, fsck won't do any other checks unless
you use -f to force it.
[...]
> 3) is there some util that can tell me the actual NAME of directory
> #7569431?
Probably the directory name is in the dump output before your error
line. Or you can use this (the number is the inode number of the
directory):
find / -inum 7569431 -ls
HTH,
Dave
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