Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: ext2_free_inode errors (with 2.0.32) | From | (Aaron M. Ucko) | Date | 17 Jan 1998 12:04:22 -0500 |
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Paul Wouters <paul@xtdnet.nl> writes:
> On Fri, 16 Jan 1998, James Mastros wrote: > > > > b--Sr-xrw- 1 28020 13881 80, 77 Jan 13 1970 5-2.gif > > > > "man chattr"... "chattr -i 5-2.gif"... If the inode got scribbled over, then > > # chattr -i 5-2.gif > chattr 0.5b, 14-Feb-95 for EXT2 FS 0.5a, 95/03/19 > chattr: No such device while reading flags on 5-2.gif
Ah, right, it has the 'block device' bits set, so ext2fs never sees the ioctl chattr uses. In that case, you have to use debugfs's modify_inode command to fix it.
-- Aaron M. Ucko <amu@mit.edu> (finger amu@monk.mit.edu) [Stark raving sane]
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