Xref: utzoo comp.unix.ultrix:2517 comp.unix.wizards:20134 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!mcsun!hp4nl!mhres!jv From: jv@mh.nl (Johan Vromans) Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix,comp.unix.wizards Subject: truncated inode Message-ID: Date: 12 Jan 90 17:20:35 GMT Sender: jv@mhres.mh.nl Organization: Multihouse Gouda, the Netherlands Lines: 29 After a system crash (VAXstation3100), fsck -p on one of my drives (CDC94171) yields: PARTIALLY TRUNCATED INODE I=4 (CORRECTED) INCORRECT BLOCK COUNT I=4 (88296 SHOULD BE 88312) (CORRECTED) 14376 BLOCKS MISSING BAD CYLINDER GROUPS (SALVAGED) FILE SYSTEM MODIFIED, VERIFYING PARTIALLY TRUNCATED INODE I=4 (CORRECTED) FILE SYSTEM MODIFIED, VERIFYING PARTIALLY TRUNCATED INODE I=4 (CORRECTED) 3 files, 88321 used, 462708 free (12 frags, 57837 block) (the amount of 3 files is correct, there was only one (big) file on the disk at the time of the crash.) However, after checking, the disk is still unclean, and a rerun of fsck -p will result in another three attempts to repair the truncated inode. Has anyone any ideas what is happening here? Thanks in advance. Johan -- Johan Vromans jv@mh.nl via internet backbones Multihouse Automatisering bv uucp: ..!{uunet,hp4nl}!mh.nl!jv Doesburgweg 7, 2803 PL Gouda, The Netherlands phone/fax: +31 1820 62944/62500 ------------------------ "Arms are made for hugging" -------------------------