[CLUE-Tech] corrupted ext2 directory?

Dan Harris coronadh at coronasolutions.com
Wed Jun 11 14:40:56 MDT 2003


I'm embarassed to not have found that in my google searches.  Turns out 
that indeed fstab was mounting it as ext2, I changed it to ext3 and made 
sure to run tune2fs.  We'll see next reboot what happens.

Thanks for the tip on finding inodes too.. very helpful.

-Dan

David Anselmi wrote:

> 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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