Re: md5sum input/output errors with large files

[Jeronimo Pellegrini <pellegrini@mpcnet.com.br>]

On Sat, May 14, 2005 at 03:30:12AM +0000, Pollywog wrote:
> When I do a md5sum check on large files (500MB or larger), I get this sort of 
> error:
> 
> pollywog@slider:~/RO$ md5sum RO_Beta_v3.2_Full.zip
> error processing RO_Beta_v3.2_Full.zip: failed in buffer_read(fd): mdfile: 
> Input/output error
> 
> 
> Does anyone know what is going on?

Are you using FUSE, LUFS, or any other usermode filesystem, or anything
different than the "standard" ext3/reiser/xfs, etc? I had a problem with
a FUSE filesystem that would show up as "Input/output error".
What does /var/log/syslog say?

J.