[Bug 254214] Re: NTFS Partitions Becoming Corrupted

[Jason Bodycott]

I'm now running this system under 10.04 and with ext3 only.  The NTFS
partitions have been migrated away from, so I am no longer affected by
this potential bug.  I suppose it's a fair time to kill it off.  Thanks
for the follow-up!

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Title:
  NTFS Partitions Becoming Corrupted

Status in “ntfs-3g” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  I suspect this is an NTFS-3G (ntfs-3g 1.2216 external FUSE 27 - Third
  Generation NTFS Driver) issue, but I'm not certain.  When copying
  files between Ubuntu Hardy 8.04.1 and Windows XP SP3 (NTFS partition)
  on my computer, the filesystem sometimes becomes damaged.  It is worth
  noting my system is running a Highpoint 372 soft RAID controller, so
  dmraid is also involved.

  Initially the damage is limited to Windows-only (Linux sees the
  partition just fine and it is not marked dirty).  To Windows, the
  damage results in a Stop 0x24 error.  Once, this was recovered from
  the Recovery Console with chkdsk just fine, but on two other
  occasions, this has resulted in the Recovery Console stating
  "Directory enumeration error" and chkdsk just has a giant cow and
  fails.

  Eventually, the entire partition shows up as empty, though still
  formatted properly.  I have also had this happen within only a single
  directory with the syslog entry:

  Aug  2 10:23:28 fishtank ntfs-3g[4564]: Trying to read non-allocated mft records (61265 > 43600): Illegal seek
  Aug  2 10:23:28 fishtank ntfs-3g[4564]: ntfs_mft_record_read failed: Illegal seek
  Aug  2 10:23:28 fishtank ntfs-3g[4564]: ntfs_file_record_read failed #2: Illegal seek
  Aug  2 10:23:28 fishtank ntfs-3g[4564]: Failed to map extent inode: Illegal seek
  Aug  2 10:23:28 fishtank ntfs-3g[4564]: Index root attribute missing in directory inode 0x1b12: Input/output error
  Aug  2 10:23:28 fishtank ntfs-3g[4564]: Trying to read non-allocated mft records (61265 > 43600): Illegal seek
  Aug  2 10:23:28 fishtank ntfs-3g[4564]: ntfs_mft_record_read failed: Illegal seek
  Aug  2 10:23:28 fishtank ntfs-3g[4564]: ntfs_file_record_read failed #2: Illegal seek
  Aug  2 10:23:28 fishtank ntfs-3g[4564]: Failed to map extent inode: Illegal seek
  Aug  2 10:23:28 fishtank ntfs-3g[4564]: Index root attribute missing in directory inode 0x1b12: Input/output error

  I wouldn't generally report this with so little info, but this results
  in such a big problem.  Let me know what other information I can
  provide and I'll be glad to try.

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