Re: panic: bad dir: mangled entry, fsck: missing dot/dotdot

[mlelstv%serpens.de@localhost (Michael van Elst)]

ef%math.uni-bonn.de@localhost (Edgar =?iso-8859-1?B?RnXf?=) writes:

>EF> Can there be some weird file system inconsistency fsck doesn't spot?
>dM> Yes.  Well, almost certainly.
>So, in case we experience more panics under load on monday, would it make 
>sense to dump/newfs/restore the file system? I.e., can there be any 
>inconsistencies that "survive" a dump/restore?

Restore uses normal filesystem operations. If you have a corrupted
filesystem afterwards, you either have found a bug, or more likely,
there is a hardware issue.