[18447] in Athena Bugs
sun4 8.4.15: fsck
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John Hawkinson)
Fri Oct 20 12:46:08 2000
Message-Id: <200010201646.MAA00466@x15-cruise-basselope.mit.edu>
To: bugs@MIT.EDU
Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2000 12:46:03 -0400
From: John Hawkinson <jhawk@MIT.EDU>
System name: x15-cruise-basselope.mit.edu
Type and version: Ultra-5_10 8.4.15 (with mkserv)
Display type: afb
Shell: /bin/sh (/bin/athena/tcsh?)
Window manager: unknown
What were you trying to do?
Boot the machine after it had hung.
What's wrong:
fsck ran in preen mode and reported an unreferenced directory
inode, indicating it was reconnecting it, and then stated
that the link count was 0 instead of 2 and labelled that an
unexpected inconsistency, and aborted.
What should have happened:
My understanding is that any unreferenced inode ought to have a link
count of 0, so that when fsck reconnects it, it should either increase
the link count, or be prepared to adjust the link count.
It doesn't seem that running fsck manually here is necessary
or even appropriate. Not to mention the fact that it's annoying.
Please describe any relevant documentation references:
