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From: lawver@cmsgee.llnl.gov (Bryan Lawver)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix
Subject: Can you recover from bad inode : mangled entry
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Date: 19 Oct 90 18:53:26 GMT
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Power failure apparently corrupted inode for main directory
of partition g (/dev/rz0g).  'ls /user' logs message --
/user: bad dir ino 2 at offset 0: mangled entry

Is fsck or restore from backup the only options?  Fsck seems
to find a lot of problems.

Ultrix 3.1 DecStation 3100 rz55