I was saying some weeks ago:
> [ I'm running 4.0E with no patch applied on a PWS 500au system. ]
>
> I've noted several inconstencies in one big AdvFS domain, files
> having directory entries but apparently no inodes associated:
>
> clorinde:/home/POUBELLE# ls
> ./inter_abin.o not found
> ./libabin.o not found
> ./libabin.a not found
> ./fasta2bin not found
> ./bin2fasta not found
>
> So I've run verify to repair the domain. It finds the missing
> files OK:
>
> verify: POTENTIAL INCOMPLETE UNLINK </etc/fdmns/travail/home_verify_aatrda/POUBELLE/inter_abin.o>; file does not exist
> verify: incomplete unlink not fixed; use '-f' to fix it
> verify: POTENTIAL INCOMPLETE UNLINK </etc/fdmns/travail/home_verify_aatrda/POUBELLE/libabin.o>; file does not exist
> verify: incomplete unlink not fixed; use '-f' to fix it
> verify: POTENTIAL INCOMPLETE UNLINK </etc/fdmns/travail/home_verify_aatrda/POUBELLE/libabin.a>; file does not exist
> verify: incomplete unlink not fixed; use '-f' to fix it
> verify: POTENTIAL INCOMPLETE UNLINK </etc/fdmns/travail/home_verify_aatrda/POUBELLE/fasta2bin>; file does not exist
> verify: incomplete unlink not fixed; use '-f' to fix it
> verify: POTENTIAL INCOMPLETE UNLINK </etc/fdmns/travail/home_verify_aatrda/POUBELLE/bin2fasta>; file does not exist
>
> But, after this step, when scanning tags, it stucks:
>
> [...]
> ino = 15449, size = 1024, mode = 0100600
> ino = 15488, size = 8192, mode = 0040755
> ino = 15489, size = 4096, mode = 0100644
> [ stopped here ]
>
> The verify process can't be killed (must run in kernel mode).
> All I can do is reboot the system.
Only received one answer, from Bryan Lavelle (Compaq).
In fact, verify isn't always capable of fixing an AdvFS domain.
In that case, the only solution is to rebuild the file domain and
get the data back from the last valid backup.
I'm a little disappointed about this. I don't ask for verify to
make miracles but I'd at least like it to get a consistent file
domain even while losing some files in the process...
--
Marc Baudoin | Institut Pasteur
<babafou_at_pasteur.fr> | Service d'informatique scientifique
Received on Thu Jul 01 1999 - 14:17:54 NZST