Re: btrfs volume mounts and dies (was Re: Segfault in btrfsck)

2010-01-07 Thread Sander
Hello Steve, Steve Freitas wrote (ao): Alright, I'll trash it and start over with a different drive. With the danger of mentioning the obvious: you could do a few destructive badblocks runs on that disk to see if SMART keeps adding up to the bad blocks list. With kind regards, Sander

What protection does btrfs checksumming currently give? (Was Re: btrfs volume mounts and dies (was Re: Segfault in btrfsck))

2010-01-07 Thread Steve Freitas
Hi all, I was under the mistaken impression that btrfs checksumming, in its current default configuration, protected your data from bitrot. It appears this is not the case: On Wed, 2010-01-06 at 18:24 +0100, Johannes Hirte wrote: Am Mittwoch 06 Januar 2010 16:59:55 schrieb Steve Freitas: So

Re: What protection does btrfs checksumming currently give? (Was Re: btrfs volume mounts and dies (was Re: Segfault in btrfsck))

2010-01-07 Thread jim owens
Steve Freitas wrote: Hi all, I was under the mistaken impression that btrfs checksumming, in its current default configuration, protected your data from bitrot. It appears this is not the case: On Wed, 2010-01-06 at 18:24 +0100, Johannes Hirte wrote: Am Mittwoch 06 Januar 2010 16:59:55

Re: What protection does btrfs checksumming currently give? (Was Re: btrfs volume mounts and dies (was Re: Segfault in btrfsck))

2010-01-07 Thread Johannes Hirte
Am Donnerstag 07 Januar 2010 20:29:49 schrieb jim owens: Steve Freitas wrote: Hi all, I was under the mistaken impression that btrfs checksumming, in its current default configuration, protected your data from bitrot. It appears this is not the case: On Wed, 2010-01-06 at 18:24

Re: btrfs volume mounts and dies (was Re: Segfault in btrfsck)

2010-01-06 Thread Sander
Hello Steve, Steve Freitas wrote (ao): Should I take it by the lack of list response that I should just flush this partition down the toilet and start over? Or is everybody either flummoxed or on vacation? I don't have your original mail, but I think I remember you mentioned a lot of bad

Re: btrfs volume mounts and dies (was Re: Segfault in btrfsck)

2010-01-06 Thread Steve Freitas
Hi Sander, On Wed, 2010-01-06 at 08:52 +0100, Sander wrote: I don't have your original mail, but I think I remember you mentioned a lot of bad sectors on that disk reported by SMART. If that is indeed the case it might be dificult for the people who might be able to help you, to help you.

Re: btrfs volume mounts and dies (was Re: Segfault in btrfsck)

2010-01-06 Thread Johannes Hirte
Am Mittwoch 06 Januar 2010 16:59:55 schrieb Steve Freitas: Hi Sander, On Wed, 2010-01-06 at 08:52 +0100, Sander wrote: I don't have your original mail, but I think I remember you mentioned a lot of bad sectors on that disk reported by SMART. If that is indeed the case it might be

Re: btrfs volume mounts and dies (was Re: Segfault in btrfsck)

2010-01-06 Thread Steve Freitas
Hi Johannes, On Wed, 2010-01-06 at 18:24 +0100, Johannes Hirte wrote: Am Mittwoch 06 Januar 2010 16:59:55 schrieb Steve Freitas: Thanks for your response. You're correct about the bad sector warning. So please correct me if I have some mistaken assumptions. I thought btrfs would be

Re: btrfs volume mounts and dies (was Re: Segfault in btrfsck)

2010-01-05 Thread Steve Freitas
Should I take it by the lack of list response that I should just flush this partition down the toilet and start over? Or is everybody either flummoxed or on vacation? Steve On Sun, 2010-01-03 at 16:37 -0800, Steve Freitas wrote: On Sun, 2010-01-03 at 14:57 -0800, Steve Freitas wrote: Got some

Re: btrfs volume mounts and dies (was Re: Segfault in btrfsck)

2010-01-03 Thread Steve Freitas
On Sun, 2010-01-03 at 14:57 -0800, Steve Freitas wrote: Got some more information. I installed Debian on another disk (rescue) running 2.6.32, pulled the latest btrfs module code from git, applied an earlier mentioned patch[1], then compiled and loaded the new module. It's able to mount the