OK, i think i figured out the cause of the mess (it is fileutils): http://archive.linuxfromscratch.org/mail-archives/lfs-book/2001/09/0374.html
Quite a while ago, I set CFLAGS to something with -malign-double. After reinstalling the newly built fileutils, all is back to normal. *sigh* On Fri, 26 Apr 2002, Federico Voges wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hi, > > Go back to the previous version (and pray). > > PS: You DO have a backup, right? > > On Fri, 26 Apr 2002 14:26:25 -0400 (EDT), Net Llama! wrote: > > >I've really done it this time. I installed a version 4.1 of fileutils, > >and it appears to have hosed the filesystem in a very bad way. BTW, this > >box is Redhat based, using XFS. > > > >*Every* single file on the box now has a size of 16T (yes, terrabytes). > >Now as wonderful as it would be to have a few petabytes of storage in a my > >mini-ATX workstation, reality tells me that's not the case. > > > >Everything is working just fine, even df reports accurate results, but i > >know something is badly broken, and i fear rebooting the box. > > > >Anyone have any ideas? > > > >-- > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >Lonni J Friedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Linux Step-by-step & TyGeMo http://netllama.ipfox.com > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Linux-users mailing list - http://linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users > >Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL. > > Federico Voges > Socio gerente > > Intrasoft > Malabia 2137 14 A > (1425) Buenos Aires > Argentina > > Te/Fax: 54-11-4833-5182 > e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Web: http://www.intrasoft.com.ar > > PGP Public Key Fingerprint: A536 4595 EB6F D197 FBC1 5C3A 145C 2516 > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: PGPsdk version 1.7.1 (C) 1997-1999 Network Associates, Inc. and its >affiliated companies. > > iQA/AwUBPMmdWxRcJRaVKt4XEQK8PgCcDy3UmaQQz9i0EIUq1DMu7J3SydQAoPYP > /RUK6GaUnu0o088gXn4o+dqJ > =uADd > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-users mailing list - http://linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users > Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL. > -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lonni J Friedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux Step-by-step & TyGeMo http://netllama.ipfox.com _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list - http://linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL.
