I have the same thing:
ERROR dfs.NameNode: java.io.EOFException
       at java.io.DataInputStream.readInt(DataInputStream.java:375)
       at
org.apache.hadoop.io.ArrayWritable.readFields(ArrayWritable.java:87)
       at
org.apache.hadoop.dfs.FSEditLog.loadFSEdits(FSEditLog.java:455)
       at org.apache.hadoop.dfs.FSImage.loadFSEdits(FSImage.java:733)
       at org.apache.hadoop.dfs.FSImage.loadFSImage(FSImage.java:620)
       at
org.apache.hadoop.dfs.FSImage.recoverTransitionRead(FSImage.java:222)
       at
org.apache.hadoop.dfs.FSDirectory.loadFSImage(FSDirectory.java:76)
       at
org.apache.hadoop.dfs.FSNamesystem.<init>(FSNamesystem.java:221)
       at org.apache.hadoop.dfs.NameNode.init(NameNode.java:130)
       at org.apache.hadoop.dfs.NameNode.<init>(NameNode.java:168)
       at
org.apache.hadoop.dfs.NameNode.createNameNode(NameNode.java:795)
       at org.apache.hadoop.dfs.NameNode.main(NameNode.java:804)



I would appreciate any advice. I tried to move the 'edits' file and recreate a new one,
but that did not work.

Thanks,

S.

On Aug 4, 2008, at 2:53 AM, Wanjari, Amol wrote:

I'm getting the following exceptions while starting the name node -

ERROR dfs.NameNode: java.io.EOFException
       at java.io.DataInputStream.readInt(DataInputStream.java:375)
       at
org.apache.hadoop.io.ArrayWritable.readFields(ArrayWritable.java:87)
       at
org.apache.hadoop.dfs.FSEditLog.loadFSEdits(FSEditLog.java:455)
       at org.apache.hadoop.dfs.FSImage.loadFSEdits(FSImage.java:733)
       at org.apache.hadoop.dfs.FSImage.loadFSImage(FSImage.java:620)
       at
org.apache.hadoop.dfs.FSImage.recoverTransitionRead(FSImage.java:222)
       at
org.apache.hadoop.dfs.FSDirectory.loadFSImage(FSDirectory.java:76)
       at
org.apache.hadoop.dfs.FSNamesystem.<init>(FSNamesystem.java:221)
       at org.apache.hadoop.dfs.NameNode.init(NameNode.java:130)
       at org.apache.hadoop.dfs.NameNode.<init>(NameNode.java:168)
       at
org.apache.hadoop.dfs.NameNode.createNameNode(NameNode.java:795)
       at org.apache.hadoop.dfs.NameNode.main(NameNode.java:804)

Is there a way to recover the name node without losing any data.

Thanks,
Amol

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