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From: spedpr@thor.cf.ac.uk (Paul Richards)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Subject: Corrupted directory
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Date: 12 Oct 92 01:27:28 GMT
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Having reinstalled everything I've got another corrupted directory that
fsck won't salvage. It's exactly the same directory and exactly the same
problem. It looks like there's something wrong somewhere!

After installing all the dist sets I config a kernel, called MYRDDIN. I
then make the kernel in the MYRDDIN directory, mv the kernel to /, sync
the system and reboot and bang, corrupted directory that can't be fixed.

It wasn't the first kernel build I'd done in the directory so I don't
know what caused it to get corrupted. I'm getting the same error from
fsck, I OUT OF RANGE and it's still core dumping.

Does anyone know how I can repair this directory. I really don't want to
re-install everything AGAIN. It's taken 3-4 hours.
-- 
  Paul Richards at Cardiff university, UK.

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