My ext3 filesystem keeps reverting to read-only, with the following message: journal_bmap: journal block not found at offset XX on dm-X
Issue
- My ext3 filesystem keeps reverting to read-only, with the following message: journal_bmap: journal block not found at offset XX on dm-X
- Example:
kernel: kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds
kernel: EXT3 FS on dm-10, internal journal
kernel: EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
kernel: journal_bmap: journal block not found at offset 12 on dm-10
kernel: Aborting journal on device dm-10.
kernel: ext3_abort called.
kernel: EXT3-fs error (device dm-10): ext3_journal_start_sb: Detected aborted journal
kernel: Remounting filesystem read-only
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.6 (may work for other versions)
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