We have a server that is doing some wierd things. /var/mail filesystem (/dev/idad2s1e) is reporting errors during certain tasks (like dump). It does fsck clean umounted. I have yet to see this type of error and can't tell whether this is a bug or a hardware problem:
Nov 8 15:41:20 pop1 /kernel: dscheck(#idad/0x20014): negative b_blkno -791620152 Nov 8 15:41:20 pop1 /kernel: dscheck(#idad/0x20014): negative b_blkno -791620151 Nov 8 15:41:20 pop1 /kernel: dscheck(#idad/0x20014): negative b_blkno -791620150 Nov 8 15:41:20 pop1 /kernel: dscheck(#idad/0x20014): negative b_blkno -791620149 Nov 8 15:41:20 pop1 /kernel: dscheck(#idad/0x20014): negative b_blkno -791620148 Nov 8 15:41:20 pop1 /kernel: dscheck(#idad/0x20014): negative b_blkno -791620147 Machine and Error information listed below: <DMESG sniplet> ida0: <Compaq Smart Array 3200 controller> port 0x4000-0x40ff mem 0xc6ff0000-0xc6ff00ff irq 5 at device 0.0 on pci5 ida0: drives=3 firm_rev=4.50 idad0: <Compaq Logical Drive> on ida0 idad0: 17363MB (35561280 sectors), blocksize=512 idad1: <Compaq Logical Drive> on ida0 idad1: 52091MB (106683840 sectors), blocksize=512 idad2: <Compaq Logical Drive> on ida0 idad2: 104195MB (213392160 sectors), blocksize=512 </DMESG> pop1# uname -a FreeBSD pop1 4.7-STABLE FreeBSD 4.7-STABLE #2: Thu Oct 31 09:28:08 MST 2002 root@pop1:/usr/src/sys/compile/LOCAL i386 pop1# mount /dev/idad0s1a on / (ufs, local) /dev/idad0s1g on /usr (ufs, local, soft-updates) /dev/idad1s1e on /usr/home (ufs, local, nodev, nosuid, with quotas, soft-updates) /dev/idad0s1e on /var (ufs, local, soft-updates) /dev/idad0s1f on /var/spool (ufs, local, nodev, nosuid, soft-updates) /dev/idad2s1e on /var/mail (ufs, local, nodev, nosuid, with quotas, soft-updates) mfs:26 on /tmp (mfs, asynchronous, local, nodev, nosuid) procfs on /proc (procfs, local) pop1# df Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Avail Capacity Mounted on /dev/idad0s1a 1032142 87194 862378 9% / /dev/idad0s1g 6112686 1255342 4368330 22% /usr /dev/idad1s1e 52512106 10068846 38242292 21% /usr/home /dev/idad0s1e 2064302 335346 1563812 18% /var /dev/idad0s1f 2064302 658416 1240742 35% /var/spool /dev/idad2s1e 105027110 24646574 71978368 26% /var/mail mfs:26 515598 36 474316 0% /tmp procfs 4 4 0 100% /proc pop1# dump 0af /dev/nrsa0 /var/mail DUMP: Date of this level 0 dump: Fri Nov 8 15:38:19 2002 DUMP: Date of last level 0 dump: the epoch DUMP: Dumping /dev/idad2s1e (/var/mail) to /dev/nrsa0 DUMP: mapping (Pass I) [regular files] DUMP: mapping (Pass II) [directories] DUMP: estimated 24476457 tape blocks. DUMP: dumping (Pass III) [directories] DUMP: dumping (Pass IV) [regular files] DUMP: read error from /dev/idad2s1e: Invalid argument: [block -1245853416]: count=1024 DUMP: read error from /dev/idad2s1e: Invalid argument: [sector -1245853416]: count=512 DUMP: DUMP: read error from /dev/idad2s1e: Invalid argument: [block -1245853414]: count=10240 read error from /dev/idad2s1e: Invalid argument: [sector -1245853415]: count=512 DUMP: read error from /dev/idad2s1e: Invalid argument: [sector -1245853414]: count=512 DUMP: read error from /dev/idad2s1e: Invalid argument: [sector -1245853413]: count=512 DUMP: read error from /dev/idad2s1e: Invalid argument: [sector -1245853412]: count=512 DUMP: read error from /dev/idad2s1e: Invalid argument: [sector -1245853411]: count=512 DUMP: read error from /dev/idad2s1e: Invalid argument: [sector -1245853410]: count=512 DUMP: read error from /dev/idad2s1e: Invalid argument: [sector -1245853409]: count=512 DUMP: read error from /dev/idad2s1e: Invalid argument: [sector -1245853408]: count=512 DUMP: DUMP: read error from /dev/idad2s1e: Invalid argument: [sector -1245853407]: count=512 read error from /dev/idad2s1e: Invalid argument: [block -1245853394]: count=5120 Nick Rogness <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - "Wouldn't it be great if we could answer people with a kick to the crotch?" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message