[Linux-cluster] Error with gfs_grow/ gfs_fsck

[Wendy Cheng]

Bob Peterson wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Tue, 2008-06-03 at 15:53 +0200, Miolinux wrote:
>   
>> Hi,
>>
>> I tried to expand my gfs filesystem from 250Gb to 350Gb.
>> I run gfs_grow without any error or warnings.
>> But something gone wrong.
>>
>> Now, i cannot mount the gfs filesystem anymore (lock computer)
>>
>> When i try to do a gfs_fsck i get:
>>
>> [root at west ~]# gfs_fsck -v /dev/mapper/VolGroup_FS100-LogVol_FS100 
>> Initializing fsck
>> Initializing lists...
>> Initializing special inodes...
>> Validating Resource Group index.
>> Level 1 check.
>> 371 resource groups found.
>> (passed)
>> Setting block ranges...
>> This file system is too big for this computer to handle.
>> Last fs block = 0x1049c5c47, but sizeof(unsigned long) is 4 bytes.
>> Unable to determine the boundaries of the file system.
>>     
>
> You've probably hit the gfs_grow bug described in bz #434962 (436383)
> and the gfs_fsck bug described in 440897 (440896).  My apologies if
> you can't read them; permissions to individual bugzilla records are
> out of my control.
>
> The fixes are available in the recently released RHEL5.2, although
> I don't know when they'll hit Centos.  The fixes are also available
> in the latest cluster git tree if you want to compile/install them
> from source code yourself.  Documentation for doing this can
> be found at: http://sources.redhat.com/cluster/wiki/ClusterGit
>
>   
This is almost qualified as an FAQ entry :) ...

-- Wendy