From owner-freebsd-current Tue Mar 17 03:46:15 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id DAA21389 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Tue, 17 Mar 1998 03:46:15 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from fang.cs.sunyit.edu (root@fang.cs.sunyit.edu [192.52.220.66]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id DAA21381 for ; Tue, 17 Mar 1998 03:46:10 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from perlsta@cs.sunyit.edu) Received: from win95.local.sunyit.edu (A-T34.rh.sunyit.edu [150.156.210.241]) by fang.cs.sunyit.edu (8.8.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id HAA08661; Tue, 17 Mar 1998 07:47:39 GMT Message-ID: <005b01bd5199$cdbfff00$0600a8c0@win95.local.sunyit.edu> From: "Alfred Perlstein" To: "Matthew Thyer" , Subject: Re: Disk munging problem with current solved Date: Tue, 17 Mar 1998 06:42:44 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.2106.4 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.2106.4 Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG bah! wussies... :) can anyone suggest a good tape backup? j/k -Alfred -----Original Message----- From: Matthew Thyer To: current@FreeBSD.ORG Date: Tuesday, March 17, 1998 2:40 AM Subject: Re: Disk munging problem with current solved >I know you dont want to hear this, > >But, > >For all non-developers who run -CURRENT, > >This is one good reason for using CTM > >You get to hear about the serious problems from the cvs-uppers >before you get the suspect CTM delta! > >[Me: just thinking I'm glad I haven't lost my filesystems since >I dont have many backup options] > >Karl Denninger wrote: >> >> On Tue, Mar 17, 1998 at 08:56:46AM +0100, Søren Schmidt wrote: >> > In reply to John S. Dyson who wrote: >> > > I haven't read any emails or complaints yet about filesystem problems, >> > > but I know that those who have tried to run -current in the last day or >> > > so have had terrible problems. The problems didn't manifest for me until >> > > too late, and I ended up with hosed filesystems. The problems were caused >> > > by vtruncbuf doing bad things, and I have corrected them as quickly as >> > > possible. My machine has been down due to the creeping crud associated >> > > with the flaw in the routine. >> > > >> > > Things are looking much better now (for me at least), and I have committed >> > > the fix. >> > >> > Thankyou!!, I was THIS close to trashing my main machine yesterday.... >> > >> > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= -=- >> > Søren Schmidt (sos@FreeBSD.org) FreeBSD Core Team >> >> I just got another case of the same problem with a kernel that has the >> believed fix in it, writing to a new filesystem. >> >> BE CAREFUL OUT THERE at the present time. >> >> -- >> -- >> Karl Denninger (karl@MCS.Net)| MCSNet - Serving Chicagoland and Wisconsin >> http://www.mcs.net/ | T1's from $600 monthly / All Lines K56Flex/DOV >> | NEW! Corporate ISDN Prices dropped by up to 50%! >> Voice: [+1 312 803-MCS1 x219]| EXCLUSIVE NEW FEATURE ON ALL PERSONAL ACCOUNTS >> Fax: [+1 312 803-4929] | *SPAMBLOCK* Technology now included at no cost >> >> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >> with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message > >-- >/=====================================================================\ >|Work: Matthew.Thyer@dsto.defence.gov.au | Home: thyerm@camtech.net.au| >\=====================================================================/ >"If it is true that our Universe has a zero net value for all conserved >quantities, then it may simply be a fluctuation of the vacuum of some >larger space in which our Universe is imbedded. In answer to the >question of why it happened, I offer the modest proposal that our >Universe is simply one of those things which happen from time to time." > E. P. Tryon from "Nature" Vol.246 Dec.14, 1973 > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message