Disk errors using fsck - Whether to fix or re-create file system

From: Notari, Ed <NotariE_at_usa.redcross.org>
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 1999 16:10:38 -0400

I continue to get the following errors when running fsck on an unmounted,
external, RAID 0 file system. This is a UFS file system (+60 GB) and is
used primarily used as a temporary write space for SAS (R). After running
fsck +4 times, it now only replies with the following message and does not
prompt for a repair.

myhost:/etc> fsck -v /dev/rrz40c
/sbin/ufs_fsck -v /dev/rrz40c
** /dev/rrz40c
** Last Mounted on /future1
** Phase 1 - Check Blocks and Sizes
** Phase 2 - Check Pathnames
MISSING '..' I=2 OWNER=root MODE=40777
SIZE=1024 MTIME=Sep 13 10:51 1999
DIR=?
CANNOT FIX, SECOND ENTRY IN DIRECTORY CONTAINS .&
MISSING '..' I=199680 OWNER=smith MODE=40777
SIZE=1536 MTIME=Aug 12 18:11 1999
DIR=/lost+found/#00084480/Regions_Completed/pennjer
CANNOT FIX, SECOND ENTRY IN DIRECTORY CONTAINS .&
MISSING '..' I=249600 OWNER=jones MODE=40700
SIZE=512 MTIME=Sep 10 13:15 1999
DIR=?
CANNOT FIX, SECOND ENTRY IN DIRECTORY CONTAINS .&
** Phase 3 - Check Connectivity
** Phase 4 - Check Reference Counts
** Phase 5 - Check Cyl groups
1590 files, 7940516 used, 52410368 free (464 frags, 6551238 blocks, 0.0%
fragmentation)
Filesystem still has errors - rerun fsck.

What does this mean? Have I lost the file system or can it be recovered?
NOTE: The data on this file system have been backed up or are not important.

Thanks,
Ed Notari
Received on Mon Sep 13 1999 - 20:15:25 NZST

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