X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.0-rupdated (updated) on oss.sgi.com X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,J_CHICKENPOX_43 autolearn=no version=3.3.0-rupdated Received: from cuda.sgi.com (cuda1.sgi.com [192.48.157.11]) by oss.sgi.com (8.14.3/8.14.3/SuSE Linux 0.8) with ESMTP id n4P0pPI1067669 for ; Sun, 24 May 2009 19:51:25 -0500 X-ASG-Debug-ID: 1243213037-681c02640000-NocioJ X-Barracuda-URL: http://cuda.sgi.com:80/cgi-bin/mark.cgi Received: from mail.internode.on.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by cuda.sgi.com (Spam Firewall) with ESMTP id 71A1812FC830 for ; Sun, 24 May 2009 17:57:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.internode.on.net (bld-mail12.adl6.internode.on.net [150.101.137.97]) by cuda.sgi.com with ESMTP id 6ozRCPnWFEYKfzal for ; Sun, 24 May 2009 17:57:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: from discord (unverified [121.44.1.36]) by mail.internode.on.net (SurgeMail 3.8f2) with ESMTP id 42278-1927428 for multiple; Mon, 25 May 2009 10:21:34 +0930 (CST) Received: from dave by discord with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1M8OPc-0000GH-HU; Mon, 25 May 2009 10:51:32 +1000 Date: Mon, 25 May 2009 10:51:32 +1000 From: Dave Chinner To: Eddie Atherton Cc: xfs@oss.sgi.com X-ASG-Orig-Subj: Re: XFS internal error xfs_trans_cancel at line 1164 of file fs/xfs/xfs_trans.c Subject: Re: XFS internal error xfs_trans_cancel at line 1164 of file fs/xfs/xfs_trans.c Message-ID: <20090525005132.GR16929@discord.disaster> References: <4A13AA1B.7080801@attglobal.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4A13AA1B.7080801@attglobal.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-Barracuda-Connect: bld-mail12.adl6.internode.on.net[150.101.137.97] X-Barracuda-Start-Time: 1243213039 X-Barracuda-Bayes: INNOCENT GLOBAL 0.0000 1.0000 -2.0210 X-Barracuda-Virus-Scanned: by cuda.sgi.com at sgi.com X-Barracuda-Spam-Score: -2.02 X-Barracuda-Spam-Status: No, SCORE=-2.02 using per-user scores of TAG_LEVEL=2.0 QUARANTINE_LEVEL=1000.0 KILL_LEVEL=2.1 tests= X-Barracuda-Spam-Report: Code version 3.2, rules version 3.2.1.26656 Rule breakdown below pts rule name description ---- ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------- X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV version 0.94.2, clamav-milter version 0.94.2 on oss.sgi.com X-Virus-Status: Clean On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 11:58:35PM -0700, Eddie Atherton wrote: > I'm trying to install a clean Slackware 12.2 (2.6.27.7) under ESXi, and > can almost guarantee getting this error immediately after formatting the > root partition. It's happened 4 out of the 5 times I've tried, so far. > > The sequence of commands, after digging through the install scripts, > that lead to this failure are just: > > mkfs.xfs > mount > mkdir That's bizarre. Can you provide a xfs_metadump image of the fs after the shutdown has occurred? Cheers, Dave. -- Dave Chinner david@fromorbit.com