Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2003 06:20:00 -0800 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Dan Naumov <dan.naumov@ofw.fi> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 5.x and "Bad File Descriptor" errors. Why? Message-ID: <20031203141959.GD61570@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <3FCDCC7D.5020306@ofw.fi> References: <3FCDCC7D.5020306@ofw.fi>
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--IMjqdzrDRly81ofr Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Dec 03, 2003 at 01:43:57PM +0200, Dan Naumov wrote: > Hello >=20 > What follows is a description of a problem I used to have when running=20 > FreeBSD 5.0 and 5.1. I am not running FreeBSD right now, but I am=20 > considering going back to it but I need to figure out how to prevent=20 > this issue from happening again. My system has 2 harddrives, a 16 GB=20 > Seagate that I use for backups and mount it under /mnt/backup and a 40=20 > GB Maxtor that I am using for everything else. After the installation of= =20 > the OS (usually about 8-12 days of running non-stop) I start getting=20 > "Bad File Descriptor" errors on random files all around the Maxtor drive= =20 > and I have to go to single-user mode in order to run a full fsck on the= =20 > system. After that, the system works, until in 8-12 days time even more= =20 > files get "corrupted" this way and the process has to be repeated.=20 > Eventually, so many files are damaged that a full OS reinstall is require= d. You get that error from what command(s)? Have you tried with 5.2, which has a new ATA driver? Kris --IMjqdzrDRly81ofr Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE/zfEPWry0BWjoQKURAkQ0AJkB252c1vLTi3c5Wi08V1iL1ETrawCglpw0 EjxNxeoK3VNEAFlK52maGZg= =UAtT -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --IMjqdzrDRly81ofr--
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