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#1 2006-08-27 18:39:27
- Celti
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XFS woes, and question on packages
Alright. I run all my systems on XFS. Just recently, I got hit by an an obscure bug, causing / to shut down, thereby making the system unusable without a reboot. This bug is fixed in xfsprogs 2.8.10... which would be great if one of the libs for xfs_repair wasn't in the unusable area of the filesystem. I would greatly appreciate it if someone could send me a statically linked copy of xfs_repair... which brings me to my second topic, which probably shouldn't go here, but I'm putting it here anyway:
Why the bleep aren't fs repair programs - ext2fsck, , reiserfsck, xfs_repair, etc. - compiled statically to begin with? Just in *case* something like this happens? It would save quite a number of problems... hell, even just a -static package would be nice. Something to save these kinds of problems.
~celti
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#2 2006-08-27 18:42:12
- tomk
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Re: XFS woes, and question on packages
Post a feature request, if you feel that strongly about it. Personally, I only ever do rescue/repair work from a Live CD, with my partitions unmounted - also the best way to fix your current problem, IMO.
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#3 2006-08-27 18:44:04
- Celti
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Re: XFS woes, and question on packages
Can you reccomend a livecd that has xfs_repair 2.8.10 on it? I tried several livecds... the don't work. Can't find a one with anything more recent than 2.6.x
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#4 2006-08-27 20:04:04
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Re: XFS woes, and question on packages
Right, I'm on a friend's computer now - can someone at least give me instructions on compiling a statically-linked version of xfsprogs? ./configure --enable-shared=no didn't work, although it should have.
“A stupid person can make only certain, limited types of errors; the mistakes open to a clever fellow are far broader. But to the one who knows how smart he is compared to everyone else, the possibilities for true idiocy are boundless.” —S.K.Z. Brust
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#5 2006-08-28 02:12:48
- Celti
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Re: XFS woes, and question on packages
Okay, I've fixed it, finally. GParted livecd FTW! Still a few problems from the aftermath, though... but fixable.
“A stupid person can make only certain, limited types of errors; the mistakes open to a clever fellow are far broader. But to the one who knows how smart he is compared to everyone else, the possibilities for true idiocy are boundless.” —S.K.Z. Brust
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