Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2003 15:53:26 -0400 (EDT) From: Andre Guibert de Bruet <andy@siliconlandmark.com> To: Jeremy Messenger <mezz7@cox.net> Cc: FreeBSD Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: recover superblock Message-ID: <20030824154932.J397@alpha.siliconlandmark.com> In-Reply-To: <oprufcwxvv8ckrg5@smtp.central.cox.net> References: <20030824192611.GA14668@brain.hadiko.de> <oprufcwxvv8ckrg5@smtp.central.cox.net>
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On Sun, 24 Aug 2003, Jeremy Messenger wrote: > On Sun, 24 Aug 2003 21:26:11 +0200, Thomas Gutzler <giggel@hadiko.de> > wrote: > > I have lost over 1,000 to 2,000 emails like three times when the Nvidia > driver crashed and had to do the power off and on to get it boot to let the > fsck background do the job. Yesterday, I CVSup'ed and did the buildworld to > update my -CURRENT. I got panic and reboot; first time I see the same > message above, 'softupdate inconsistency' and I had to ran fsck by manual. > After that, I discovered that my /var/, /compat/linux/ and very little > stuff in my home directory have been destroyed. I can't produce the panic > anymore so can't really give any help that much now; it was only panic at > once for unknown reason. > > Just want to add in here that you aren't only person in here. I don't have a solution for you, but I have some sound advice: Don't run critical systems on -current. I consider email to fall in that category... Regards, > Andre Guibert de Bruet | Enterprise Software Consultant > > Silicon Landmark, LLC. | http://siliconlandmark.com/ >
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