Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!snorkelwacker!usc!cs.utexas.edu!rice!sun-spots-request From: ballen@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Bruce Allen) Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun Subject: Re: Dump says corrupted directory in Pass II Keywords: Miscellaneous Message-ID: <10092@brazos.Rice.edu> Date: 19 Jul 90 13:24:46 GMT Sender: root@rice.edu Organization: Sun-Spots Lines: 33 Approved: Sun-Spots@rice.edu X-Refs: Original: v9n268 X-Sun-Spots-Digest: Volume 9, Issue 268, message 11 Originator: spots@titan.rice.edu >SparcStation 1, 4.0.3 >I have gotten an error message from "dump", which is shown below: > > DUMP: Date of this level 5 dump: Tue Jul 17 20:01:25 1990 > DUMP: Date of last level 0 dump: Thu Jun 21 20:25:21 1990 > DUMP: Dumping /dev/rsd3h (/home) to /dev/nrst0 > DUMP: mapping (Pass I) [regular files] > DUMP: mapping (Pass II) [directories] > DUMP: (This should not happen)bread from /dev/rsd3h > [block 136768]: count=8192, got=-1 > DUMP: corrupted directory, inumber 45100 > DUMP: mapping (Pass II) [directories] > DUMP: estimated 76582 blocks (37.39MB) on 0.26 tape(s). > . > How do I find/fix this problem? My thanks to david@eng.sun.com who sent me the answer to my question. I am posting the solution here, in case others have this problem. dirac% find /home -inum 45100 -print /home/ballen/string/fast dirac% cd /home/ballen/string/fast /home/ballen/string/fast dirac% ls ! frame.0030 grav_waves.0220 main_hist.1400 Framelist frame.0040 grav_waves.0230 main_hist.1600 Runout frame.0050 grav_waves.0240 main_hist.1800 analyze/ frame.0060 grav_waves.0250 main_hist.2000 ... + lots of other files The problem seemed to be the file called "!". When this was removed, dump was happy again. Thanks, Bruce Allen