Re: "Forever" fsck?

On Tue, 29 Aug 2006 09:49:32 -0400, Andrew Gideon wrote:

I didn't use the -k option when I last ran fsck with the badblocks option.
I've just started that now. I'm curious if it'll help (if the problem
blocks will be marked bad and subsequently ignored).

It looks like inode 7 is the "bad blocks inode".

...
Restarting e2fsck from the beginning...
Checking for bad blocks (read-only test): done
Pass 1: Checking inodes, blocks, and sizes
Bad block inode has an indirect block (4) that conflicts with
filesystem metadata. CLEARED.

The bad block inode has probably been corrupted. You probably
should stop now and run e2fsck -c to scan for bad blocks
in the filesystem.
Continue? yes

Inode 7 has illegal block(s). Clear? yes

Illegal block #20494 (1156964847) in inode 7. CLEARED.
Illegal block #20495 (1137955446) in inode 7. CLEARED.
Illegal block #20496 (1156964847) in inode 7. CLEARED.
Illegal block #20526 (1156616080) in inode 7. CLEARED.
Illegal block #20527 (1156616064) in inode 7. CLEARED.
Illegal block #20528 (1156616064) in inode 7. CLEARED.
Illegal block #20686 (1137955446) in inode 7. CLEARED.
Illegal block #20687 (1137955446) in inode 7. CLEARED.
Illegal block #20688 (1137955446) in inode 7. CLEARED.
Illegal block #20689 (1156952934) in inode 7. CLEARED.
Illegal block #20719 (1137955448) in inode 7. CLEARED.
Too many illegal blocks in inode 7.
Clear inode? yes

Restarting e2fsck from the beginning...
...

Again, it's in an infinite look. I don't see anything but to reformat.
Any other suggestions?

- Andrew

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