If I run fsck_hfs -y -d /dev/rdisk2s10 it putters along, rebuilds the catalog B-tree then fails when writing the new catalog to disk.
bash-3.2# fsck_hfs -d -y /dev/rdisk2s10
** /dev/rdisk2s10
Using cacheBlockSize=32K cacheTotalBlock=16384 cacheSize=524288K.
Executing fsck_hfs (version diskdev_cmds-491.6~3).
** Checking Journaled HFS Plus volume.
** Checking extents overflow file.
** Checking catalog file.
Invalid node structure
(4, 19740)
** Rebuilding catalog B-tree.
BlockFindAll: 1060209 blocks free, but need 2314620; ignoring for now
BlockFindAll: found 1938640 blocks but needed 2314620
Disk full error
** The volume MongoDisk could not be repaired.
volume type is pure HFS+
primary MDB is at block 0 0x00
alternate MDB is at block 0 0x00
primary VHB is at block 2 0x02
alternate VHB is at block 1953261182 0x746c667e
sector size = 512 0x200
VolumeObject flags = 0x07
total sectors for volume = 1953261184 0x746c6680
total sectors for embedded volume = 0 0x00
Diskutil reports the following for this partition:
Device Identifier: disk2s10
Device Node: /dev/disk2s10
Part Of Whole: disk2
Device / Media Name: Apple_HFS_Untitled_1
Volume Name: MongoDisk
Escaped with Unicode: MongoDisk
Mounted: Yes
Mount Point: /Volumes/MongoDisk 1
Escaped with Unicode: /Volumes/MongoDisk%FF%FE%20%001
File System: HFS+
Type: hfs
Name: Mac OS Extended
Owners: Enabled
Partition Type: Apple_HFS
Bootable: Not bootable
Media Type: Generic
Protocol: FireWire
SMART Status: Not Supported
Volume UUID: 4758CE30-CA9C-3DF1-90D6-0436772E622D
Total Size: 1.0 TB (1000069726208 Bytes) (exactly 1953261184 512-Byte-Blocks)
Volume Free Space: 146.8 GB (146791854080 Bytes) (exactly 286702840 512-Byte-Blocks)
Read-Only Media: No
Read-Only Volume: Yes
Ejectable: Yes
Whole: No
Internal: No
My suspicion is that the extents tree indicates a full volume, so that diskutil can't find a place to write it.
The man page for fsck_hfs claims that you can rebuild the btrees individually with the R flag. Doesn't work on Snow Leopard.
Is there a way to fix this short of reformating the drive?
Any recommendations to other commandline utilities to beat up on HFS file systems?
Best Answer
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