Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 28 May 1998 23:29:17 -0400 (EDT) | From | "Phil's Kernel Account" <> | Subject | Confirmation; Severe ext2fs Corruption in 2.1.98 |
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Okay, fsck is coming back clean for /dev/hdb2 (/home).
So everything should be okay, right?
[root@eiterra prj]# -rw-r--r-- 1 prj prj 40097 Jan 26 17:00 303606.jpg -rw-r--r-- 1 prj prj 241396 May 27 1994 CD_ORBIT.MOD -rw-r--r-- 1 prj prj 4476928 Mar 18 21:01 DESCENT.MP3 -rw-r--r-- 1 prj prj 310 May 27 1994 FILE_ID.DIZ drwxrwxr-x 2 prj prj 1024 Dec 25 16:41 Folder drwx--x--x 2 prj prj 1024 May 12 20:22 Mail -rw------- 1 prj prj 12481580 May 28 23:11 Mailbox -rw-rw-r-- 1 prj prj 462635 Jan 23 21:43 PROBIOS.zip -rw-rw-r-- 1 prj prj 1136 Mar 11 10:21 abc -rwxrwxrwx 1 prj prj 928 Dec 29 14:50 beck -rw-rw-rw- 1 prj prj 8182 Dec 29 13:43 beck.dat -rw-rw-r-- 1 prj prj 793 Dec 30 16:55 beck.zip -rw-r--r-- 1 prj prj 37918 Apr 28 22:30 bill.tar.gz -rw-rw-r-- 1 prj prj 100440 Apr 28 22:30 bill.uue -rw-rw-r-- 1 prj prj 100418 Apr 28 22:30 bill.uue~ -rw-r--r-- 1 prj prj 121767 Mar 18 23:24 blue_main.jpg -rw-r--r-- 1 prj prj 343398 Jan 27 19:26 bt545c.pdf -rw-r--r-- 1 prj prj 176198 May 27 1994 cd_axelf.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 prj prj 132070 Jan 28 23:46 cd_axelf.zip -rw-r--r-- 1 prj prj 177818 Jan 28 23:53 cd_orbit.zip -rw-r--r-- 1 prj prj 71103 Jan 28 23:53 cd_softb.zip -rw-r--r-- 1 prj prj 146333 Jan 28 23:54 cd_star.zip -rw------- 1 prj prj 151552 Apr 19 00:34 core -rw------- 1 prj prj 498 May 24 14:27 dead.letter -rw-rw-r-- 1 prj prj 39093 Feb 9 16:16 eepro.c -rwx------ 1 prj prj 38 Jan 4 05:18 efnet -rwx------ 1 prj prj 46 Jan 4 05:18 efnet~ -rw-rw-r-- 1 prj prj 17377 Mar 16 18:08 f1kp148.zip -rw-rw-r-- 1 prj prj 176577 May 7 17:45 fry.jpg -rw-rw-r-- 1 prj prj 156257 May 15 18:57 fry.zip -rw-r--r-- 1 prj prj 1609 Jan 18 01:24 gcc-exploit-2 yaddayadda.
[root@eiterra /home]# cd irc [root@eiterra irc]# ls -l |more total 3459689559 pr-xrws--x 1 25656 59020 0 Jan 1 1928 Econfig.0.1.tgz c-----s--- 1 27348 24221 182, 170 Mar 19 2011 Papa_Byrd-Martian_ Raindance.mp3 p--x-wsrwt 1 18235 64772 0 Apr 6 2008 Papa_Byrd-Rhythm_Mach ine.mp3 ---------- 1 irc irc 22384 May 28 21:37 Snow-DCC.nfo ---------- 1 irc irc 1304137 May 28 21:55 TRACK15.MP3 ---------- 1 irc irc 2135040 May 28 22:07 TRACK20.MP3 ---------- 1 irc irc 1715931 May 28 21:44 TRACK21.MP3 pr-xrw---x 1 58627 42190 0 Mar 9 1985 bios.txt srwS-wxr-T 1 7649 31114 528377816 Sep 21 1983 cmp3-1.0.tar.gz
b--x--srwT 1 15823 10446 160, 90 Feb 20 1964 config.status ---------- 1 irc irc 43 Jan 4 05:20 efnet ---------- 1 irc irc 38 Jan 4 05:19 efnet~ c--------- 1 14096 64415 92, 84 Nov 10 1916 gcrash s--Srwxr-T 1 47986 23995 2456707101 Aug 25 1969 lib d--------- 2 irc irc 1024 Feb 5 23:05 music cr--r-x-wx 1 14123 51109 189, 219 Jul 22 1997 mycr0soft.txt c--------- 1 23065 22116 48, 115 Sep 12 2023 nestea brwx-wsr-t 1 38712 30171 140, 196 Dec 31 2023 nextamp.jpg b--------- 1 11098 40230 28, 210 Jul 15 2017 nlm-of.c crwS--Srwt 1 60076 34462 189, 180 Nov 9 1911 pclist.txt crwSr-Sr-- 1 33420 46460 53, 200 Oct 25 2005 scdefs.h d--------- 2 root root 1024 May 25 22:22 surreal p--------- 1 27769 58132 0 Oct 19 1970 tpj_3.pl sr-sr-srwt 1 65449 4624 3131569781 Nov 12 1980 trapped_on_the_i nternet.mp3 sr-SrwS-wx 1 64255 8933 1978204031 Mar 24 1944 xanim
Guess what? Remember how I mentioned an unexpected, untraceable reboot earlier?
This is the directory I was copying files from to the possibly corrupted filesystem, which turned up to have NO errors.
The files that appear fine *ARE* fine. Why? I'm not sure. They were all written *AFTER* the random reboot, and about 30 fscks between then and now.
In short; this is a kernel bug. It is NOT pretty. I don't know WHAT causes it. I can't even reproduce it. Which makes fixing it a LOT harder. If *ANYBODY* has seen this, or can reproduce it, PLEASE *PLEASE* email me. And if you've recovered *WITHOUT* backups (this directory was NOT included in the last backup, by mistake), *PLEASE* share. Files are affected DURING the bug, files written afterwards have NO problems. Directories are NOT affected. Only files. And it can and WILL dive into directories.
[root@eiterra irc]# cd music [root@eiterra music]# ls -l total 2073366927 b--xrws-w- 1 64405 24535 226, 169 Nov 21 2030 jesus15.mod prw---S--- 1 57134 20651 0 Oct 5 1994 nfaura.xm s--s--xr-- 1 63406 55999 3972913578 Aug 22 2000 rtu.s3m
See? Fun, huh? HELP! ;P
-Phil R. Jaenke (kernel@nls.net / prj@nls.net) TheGuyInCharge(tm), Ketyra Designs - We get paid to break stuff :) Linux pkrea.ketyra.INT 2.0.33 #15 Sat Apr 18 00:40:21 EDT 1998 i586 Linux eiterra.nls.net 2.1.98 #15 Fri May 1 18:21:00 EDT 1998 i586 - Linus says for 'brave people only.' I say 'keep a backup.' - :) ! I reserve the right to bill spammers for my time and disk space !
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