Public bug reported: EXT4: Cannot access large files (>20GB) with tar on external devices
Ubuntu 12.4 Kernel: 3.2.0-38-generic #61-Ubuntu SMP Tue Feb 19 12:18:21 UTC 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Output from Tar: gzip: stdin: Input/output error tar: Unerwartetes Dateiende im Archiv. // Unexpected EOF tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now The harddrive is thereby resetting with an ugly noise. I reproduced this problem with two different external hard-drives. dmsg output: ------------------ [15755.992003] EXT4-fs warning (device sdb1): ext4_end_bio:251: I/O error writing to inode 29229068 (offset 25010176 size 126976 starting block 32673788) [15755.992003] Buffer I/O error on device sdb1, logical block 32673784 [15755.992003] Buffer I/O error on device sdb1, logical block 32673785 [15755.992003] Buffer I/O error on device sdb1, logical block 32673786 [15755.992003] Buffer I/O error on device sdb1, logical block 32673787 [15755.992003] Buffer I/O error on device sdb1, logical block 32673788 [15755.992003] Buffer I/O error on device sdb1, logical block 32673789 [15755.992003] Buffer I/O error on device sdb1, logical block 32673790 [15755.992003] Buffer I/O error on device sdb1, logical block 32673791 [15755.992003] EXT4-fs warning (device sdb1): ext4_end_bio:251: I/O error writing to inode 29229068 (offset 25133056 size 32768 starting block 32673796) [15756.008777] JBD2: Detected IO errors while flushing file data on sdb1-8 [15756.008810] journal commit I/O error [15756.017174] EXT4-fs error (device sdb1): ext4_find_entry:935: inode #2: comm pool: reading directory lblock 0 [15756.017203] EXT4-fs error (device sdb1): ext4_find_entry:935: inode #2: comm pool: reading directory lblock 0 [15797.271431] EXT4-fs error (device sdb1): ext4_put_super:819: Couldn't clean up the journal [15807.388118] usb 2-1: new high-speed USB device number 3 using ehci_hcd [15807.522932] scsi7 : usb-storage 2-1:1.0 [15808.521070] scsi 7:0:0:0: Direct-Access WD 5000BPV External 1.75 PQ: 0 ANSI: 4 [15808.522447] sd 7:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0 [15808.523557] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdb] 976773168 512-byte logical blocks: (500 GB/465 GiB) [15808.524425] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off [15808.524435] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 23 00 00 00 [15808.525070] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdb] No Caching mode page present [15808.525081] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through [15808.528091] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdb] No Caching mode page present [15808.528101] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through [15808.700739] sdb: sdb1 [15808.703641] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdb] No Caching mode page present [15808.703651] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through [15808.703658] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI disk [15809.459571] EXT4-fs (sdb1): recovery complete [15809.460298] EXT4-fs (sdb1): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. Opts: (null) [17516.074586] usb 2-1: USB disconnect, device number 3 [17516.080145] scsi 7:0:0:0: [sdb] Unhandled error code [17516.080160] scsi 7:0:0:0: [sdb] Result: hostbyte=DID_ERROR driverbyte=DRIVER_OK [17516.080170] scsi 7:0:0:0: [sdb] CDB: Read(10): 28 00 10 87 66 12 00 00 10 00 [17516.080191] end_request: I/O error, dev sdb, sector 277308946 [17516.080215] scsi 7:0:0:0: rejecting I/O to offline device [17516.080222] scsi 7:0:0:0: [sdb] killing request [17516.080236] scsi 7:0:0:0: [sdb] Unhandled error code [17516.080242] scsi 7:0:0:0: [sdb] Result: hostbyte=DID_NO_CONNECT driverbyte=DRIVER_OK [17516.080250] scsi 7:0:0:0: [sdb] CDB: Read(10): 28 00 10 87 66 22 00 00 f0 00 [17516.080268] end_request: I/O error, dev sdb, sector 277308962 [17823.753368] EXT4-fs error (device sdb1): ext4_find_entry:935: inode #29229057: comm bash: reading directory lblock 0 [17823.765130] EXT4-fs error (device sdb1): ext4_find_entry:935: inode #29229057: comm bash: reading directory lblock 0 ** Affects: linux (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: ext-4 tar usb -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1155124 Title: EXT4 cannot access large files (>20GB) with tar on external devices To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1155124/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs