From owner-freebsd-questions Fri May 10 22:51: 9 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from topaz.mdcc.cx (topaz.mdcc.cx [212.204.230.141]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B323137B405 for ; Fri, 10 May 2002 22:51:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: from k7.mavetju.org (topaz.mdcc.cx [212.204.230.141]) by topaz.mdcc.cx (Postfix) with ESMTP id D65F42B83C; Sat, 11 May 2002 07:50:59 +0200 (CEST) Received: by k7.mavetju.org (Postfix, from userid 1001) id DD967DC; Sat, 11 May 2002 15:50:44 +1000 (EST) Date: Sat, 11 May 2002 15:50:44 +1000 From: Edwin Groothuis To: Dan Nelson Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: blackout - fsck - cleared files Message-ID: <20020511155044.A748@k7.mavetju.org> Mail-Followup-To: Edwin Groothuis , Dan Nelson , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG References: <20020511104229.A750@k7.mavetju.org> <20020511023511.GL13627@dan.emsphone.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <20020511023511.GL13627@dan.emsphone.com>; from dnelson@allantgroup.com on Fri, May 10, 2002 at 09:35:11PM -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, May 10, 2002 at 09:35:11PM -0500, Dan Nelson wrote: > In the last episode (May 11), Edwin Groothuis said: > > Last night it was suddenly very dark in the neighbourhood here. > > Luckely the electricity came back within the hour, but still, my > > computer didn't like me anymore. It boots without problem, but fsck > > gave me a lot of lines like: > > > > <118> I=1119059 OWNER=edwin MODE=100600 > > <118>/dev/ad0s1f: SIZE=443 MTIME=May 10 23:44 2002 (CLEARED) > > <118>/dev/ad0s1f: > > <118>UNREF FILE > > > > The cleared message, does it mean the directory entrance for this > > file is cleared or that some dirty-flag is cleared? > > The UNREF FILE message means there is a valid inode but there are no > directory entries pointing to it. If you're running softupdates you So euh... shouldn't these allocated pieces then be stored in lost+found for possible recovery, or isn't that needed because fsck does know they're already somewhere else also in a real file? Edwin -- Edwin Groothuis | Personal website: http://www.MavEtJu.org edwin@mavetju.org | Interested in MUDs? Visit Fatal Dimensions: bash$ :(){ :|:&};: | http://www.FatalDimensions.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message