Re: Bad Inode Map on /tmp

From: Green, Simon (Simon.Green_at_EU.ALTRIA.COM)
Date: 09/22/05

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    Date:         Thu, 22 Sep 2005 12:01:31 +0200
    To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
    
    

    fsck on an open filesystem can be misleading: if files are open and being
    updated you will often see these sorts of errors. If the fsck says it's
    clean, then it really is but if it shows errors they may not really be
    there.
     
    If you've done an fsck when /tmp was closed you can be confident that it's
    OK.
     

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    -----Original Message-----
    From: IBM AIX Discussion List [mailto:aix-l@Princeton.EDU] On Behalf Of
    Aron, Iming W.
    Sent: 18 September 2005 17:06
    To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
    Subject: Bad Inode Map on /tmp
    We did a fsck (and verifying the file system in smit) of /tmp, and got the
    message "File system inode map is corrupt (NOT FIXED) on AIX 5.3 (5300-02)
    and /dev/hd3 (/tmp): Bad Inode Map (NOT SALVAGED) on AIX 5.2 (5200-05). All
    the 20+ partitions on our P570s, P690 and a newly installed AIX 5.3 (@
    5300-02) test box (7026-H80) have the same message about bad inode map on
    /tmp.
     
    We brought one partition to single user mode and did an fsck on /tmp, it
    indicated that the /tmp file system is clean, rebooted the system to
    multiple user, still have the same message on /tmp. We repeated the same for
    another partition, same result.
     
    Do any of you seeing the same message? Thanks in advance. 
    

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