Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 17 Dec 2001 12:40:36 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 17 Dec 2001 12:40:26 -0500 Received: from h24-64-71-161.cg.shawcable.net ([24.64.71.161]:24061 "EHLO lynx.adilger.int") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 17 Dec 2001 12:40:13 -0500 Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2001 10:40:03 -0700 From: Andreas Dilger To: Hubert Mantel , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: amber/mars & ext3 Message-ID: <20011217104003.N855@lynx.no> Mail-Followup-To: Hubert Mantel , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <20011217161538.GA17099@spylog.ru> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.4i In-Reply-To: <20011217161538.GA17099@spylog.ru>; from andy@spylog.ru on Mon, Dec 17, 2001 at 07:15:38PM +0300 X-GPG-Key: 1024D/0D35BED6 X-GPG-Fingerprint: 7A37 5D79 BF1B CECA D44F 8A29 A488 39F5 0D35 BED6 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Dec 17, 2001 19:15 +0300, Andrey Nekrasov wrote: > 2. dmesg > end_request: I/O error, dev 16:01 (hdc), sector 4160 > end_request: I/O error, dev 16:01 (hdc), sector 4160 > end_request: I/O error, dev 16:01 (hdc), sector 4160 > end_request: I/O error, dev 16:01 (hdc), sector 4160 > end_request: I/O error, dev 16:01 (hdc), sector 4160 > end_request: I/O error, dev 16:01 (hdc), sector 4160 > end_request: I/O error, dev 16:01 (hdc), sector 4160 > end_request: I/O error, dev 16:01 (hdc), sector 4160 > end_request: I/O error, dev 16:01 (hdc), sector 4160 > end_request: I/O error, dev 16:01 (hdc), sector 4160 > end_request: I/O error, dev 16:01 (hdc), sector 4160 These are disk read errors. > EXT3-fs error (device ide1(22,1)): ext3_readdir: directory #2 contains a > hole at offset 0 > end_request: I/O error, dev 16:01 (hdc), sector 4160 > EXT3-fs error (device ide1(22,1)): ext3_readdir: directory #2 contains a > hole at offset 0 > end_request: I/O error, dev 16:01 (hdc), sector 4160 > EXT3-fs error (device ide1(22,1)): ext3_readdir: directory #2 contains a > hole at offset 0 > end_request: I/O error, dev 16:01 (hdc), sector 4160 > EXT3-fs error (device ide1(22,1)): ext3_readdir: directory #2 contains a > hole at offset 0 > end_request: I/O error, dev 16:01 (hdc), sector 4160 These are errors because you didn't read anything from the disk. "hole at offset 0 for directory #2" means it could not read _anything_ from the disk for the root directory. The disk is totally dead it looks like. Cheers, Andreas -- Andreas Dilger http://sourceforge.net/projects/ext2resize/ http://www-mddsp.enel.ucalgary.ca/People/adilger/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/