On 10/26/2012 1:30 PM, Milan Holzäpfel wrote: > On Wed, 24 Oct 2012 13:28:11 +0200 > Milan Holzäpfel <lis...@mjh.name> wrote: > >> I have a problem with an incosistent mdbox: >> [...] >> The problem appeared out of nowhere. [...] > > That's just wrong. Two minutes before the corruption occured for > the first time, the machine was booted after power-off without prior > shutdown. I didn't notice this until now, sorry for this.
Ahh, more critical information. Better late than never I guess. > The mailbox is on XFS. As far as I remember, XFS in known for leaving > NULL bytes at the end of files after a system reset. At least, I found > 72 bytes of NULL in a plain text log file on XFS after such an event. > Do you think this may be the source of the index corruption? Very possibly. > Do you have any other suggestions for recovering the mailbox? Other than restoring from a backup, I do not. Others might. But I will offer this suggestion: Never run a server without a properly functioning UPS and shutdown scripts. The system in question isn't a laptop is it? I'm trying to ascertain how many server 'rules' you're breaking before making any more assumptions or giving any more advice. -- Stan
