ext3 +2TB fs

[Alexander Lazarevich]

ah, yes, and the biggest difference between the two systems is the fact 
that one is a 64-bit kernel, and the other is 32-bit. should have made 
that more clear.

alex

On Fri, 25 Feb 2005, Alexander Lazarevich wrote:

> ah, found the error logs in a previous email i never sent:
>
> Feb 25 11:23:28 xxx kernel:  sda: sda1
> Feb 25 11:23:30 xxx kernel: SCSI device sda: 2927173632 512-byte hdwr
> sectors (1498713 MB)
> Feb 25 11:23:30 xxx kernel: SCSI device sda: drive cache: write back
> Feb 25 11:23:30 xxx kernel:  sda: sda1
> Feb 25 11:28:25 xxx kernel: EXT3-fs error (device sda1):
> ext3_check_descriptors: Inode table for group 5642 not in group (block
> 184811522)!
> Feb 25 11:28:25 xxx kernel: EXT3-fs: group descriptors corrupted !
> Feb 25 11:28:34 xxx kernel: EXT3-fs error (device sdb1):
> ext3_check_descriptors: Inode table for group 826 not in group (block
> 27000834)!
> Feb 25 11:28:34 xxx kernel: EXT3-fs: group descriptors corrupted !
>
> At that point I can fsck and fix the fs, but as soon as I try to mount the
> problem happens again.
>
> that is the error i get on a RHEL4-AS 2.6.9-5.0.3smp kernel using parted 
> 1.6.21 and mkfs command from below.
>
> any ideas? thanks!
>
> On Fri, 25 Feb 2005, Alexander Lazarevich wrote:
>
>> I've got a 3.3TB ext3 on a FC3 64-bit system, running kernel 
>> 2.6.10-1.766FC3smp. I create the partition with parted 1.6.21, and I make 
>> the fs via:
>> 
>> mkfs.ext3 -m1 -b 4096 -T largefile4 /dev/sda1
>> 
>> Works fine. bonnie++ running on it multiple times for days on end, no 
>> problems.
>> 
>> However, I do the exact same setup on a RHEL4-AS i686 system, 32-bit, and 
>> the fs is totally hosed, get all kinds of errors with the filesystem, just 
>> trying to mount it doesn't work. Crud, I blew away the system, so I don't 
>> have the error logs, but it was an error about the group descriptors being 
>> corrupted. I ran fsck but it couldn't fix it. That kernel is 
>> 2.6.9-5.0.3smp. I also compile with the CONFIG_LDB flag which enables 
>> large block device support. I'm told that should be all I have to do. But 
>> it just doesn't work. Not at all.
>> 
>> Any ideas? I'm stuck running FC3 now unless I can get some quick fix from 
>> you guys.
>> 
>> Thanks!
>> 
>> Alex
>> 
>> 
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