[linux-lvm] EXT2-fs panic (device lvm(58,0)):

[Andreas Dilger]

Bill Clark writes:
> I also tried the patch and it didn't panic this time, the machine just
> re-booted  :(  I was trying to cp the file and it aborted with:
> 
> cp: win2000.dsk: Input/output error

Any error messages in /var/log/messages?

> > Also, the output from debugfs "stat <inode_number>" would help as well.
> 
> Im not as familiar with this.  I am assuming I should try an inode of
> the file I am trying to copy, which I will try next.

Yes, you can use "ls -i win2000.dsk" to get the inode number for debugfs.

> Filesystem state:         not clean with errors

This means that there is something wrong with the filesystem (could be a
result of the above IO error.  Should be something in one of the logs.
You will also need to run e2fsck to clear it up.

Cheers, Andreas
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