Re: ghost files and error code 13 (mysql binlog files)
Hi Mimo,
On Wed, 2008-02-27 at 13:44 +0000, mimo wrote:
> Hi Simon and everyone else, thanks for your help (and slagging off my beloved
> resierfs). The fsck.reiserfs pointed me to rebuild-tree which took about 4
> hours to complete (this is on a 100Gb raid 1 partition).
> In your experience does this always point to a hardware problem?
I've seen it occur without any clear indication of a hardware fault.
Whether that means we just didn't find the hardware fault or that it was
caused by a reiserfs bug, I couldn't say.
Simon
> Thanks,
>
> mimo
>
> On Tuesday 26 February 2008 10:51:34 Simon Pither wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > On Mon, 2008-02-25 at 19:53 +0000, mimo wrote:
> > > ?--------- ? ? ? ? ?
> > > /var/log/mysql/bin.000744 ?--------- ? ? ? ?
> > > ? /var/log/mysql/bin.000774
> > >
> > > # stat /var/log/mysql/bin.000744
> > > stat: cannot stat `/var/log/mysql/bin.000744': Permission denied
> > >
> > > This is a reiserfs filesystem on Linux 2.6.18-5-686 #1 SMP Wed Oct 3
> > > 00:12:50 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux (debian/etch)
> >
> > I have seen symptoms like this before and it has been a sign of reiserfs
> > corruption. I would suggest something along the lines of:
> >
> > * ensure your backups are current
> > * unmount the partition
> > * fsck.reiserfs --check <device>
> >
> > This will either tell you that there are fixable corruptions, so run:
> >
> > * fsck.reiserfs --fix-fixable <device>
> >
> > Or it will report fatal corruptions, in which case run:
> >
> > * fsck.reiserfs --rebuild-tree <device>
> >
> > The output from --fix-fixable may also tell you that it couldn't fix
> > everything and you need to run --rebuild-tree as well. Also if
> > --fix-fixable doesn't seem to do the trick, you may need to try
> > --rebuild-tree anyway.
> >
> > * remount partition
> >
> >
> > I do suggest you "man fsck.reiserfs" before doing any of this.
> >
> > The fsck.reiserfs runs will take a while on a large partition and may
> > require (multiple) confirmation during the process to save their
> > changes.
> >
> > Please be aware that while I've never seen --rebuild-tree make things
> > worse, I've heard reports from people who have! Make sure you have
> > backups.
> >
> > Simon
>
>
>
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