Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Sun, 04 Jan 2009 19:03:23 +1000 | | From | Adam Nielsen <> | | Subject | Re: XFS internal error xfs_da_do_buf(1) at line 2015 of file fs/xfs/xfs_da_btree.c | |
> This is a typical result of a power loss scenario with write caches
> enabled and without barriers. Given that md can't pass through barriers
> did you disable the write caches on your disk?
No, I didn't realise I had to do that...in fact I didn't even realise SATA
disks *had* write caches, I thought the cache was for reading only...
> Run xfs_repair over it to fix up the directory, and make sure to
> configure your disks properly so that it doesn't happen again..
Will do, thanks for the advice! Is there any standard way to disable write
caching on a SATA disk? hdparm -W seems to do the trick, but then I can't run
that until the system is up and running, leaving a small window of opportunity
for something to go wrong.
Thanks again,
Adam.
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