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How to resolve EXT3 FS error bad entry in directory?
ext3, or third extended filesystem, is a journal file system that is commonly use by the Linux kernel.
At reboot, or mount of an EXT3 file-system, an error similar to the one below is seen:
EXT3-fs error (device dm-0): ext3_readdir: bad entry in directory #5556142: rec_len is smaller than minimal – offset=0, inode=2553887680, rec_len=0, name_len=0Today, let us see the steps follow by support techs to resolve it:
This error is caused by a file that have marke as a directory.
This is a non-fatal error and can fix by removing the file in question.
- Firstly, mount the file-system in question
- Then, locate the file that has corrupt. The file’s inode is the number after “bad entry in directory” Using the example error code the file would found by typing
find /MOUNT_POINT-inum 5556142
- Next, delete the file identify in step two
- Next, umount the file-system
- Then check the disk, and check for errors.
fsck/dev/PHYSICAL_DEVICE
- Finally, repeat step 5. If no errors, the file-system is clean.
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Conclusion
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