hfs_relocate

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hfs_relocate

Hi.
For the last week or so i get repeating messages into system log (every 30 seconds):

"kernel[0]: hfs_relocate: didn't move into metadata zone"

anybody know a clue?

Posted on Sep 6, 2005 10:37 PM

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Answer 1

Sep 7, 2005 4:32 AM in response to Hans Leichtlein

kernel[0]: hfs_relocate:

This indicates an issue with automatic file defragmentation or possibly Adaptive Hot File Clustering.

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Answer 2

Sep 11, 2005 8:18 AM in response to Mark Jalbert

Hello Marc.
Thanks for your comment.
As of lack of any needful information provided by Apple i decided to rebuild my primary drive.
The message is gone.
I think the drive was heavy fragmented.
Maybe there are other fixes, who knows...:-)

Hans.

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Answer 3

Sep 12, 2005 3:21 AM in response to Hans Leichtlein

Hans,

You may find this technote useful. File systems can corrupt and by no means is HFS+ a perfect file system. I believe you have found the best solution for the issue.

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Answer 4

Sep 12, 2005 4:14 AM in response to Mark Jalbert

Mark,

the interesting thing here is that the disk-utilities neither GUI nor shell did find any problem with the disk.

Hans

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Answer 5

Sep 12, 2005 7:54 AM in response to Hans Leichtlein

Hans,

I'll point you to the man page for fsck_hfs . Note under BUGS: "fsck_hfs is not able to fix some inconsistencies that it detects." fsck_hfs is the program Disk Utility and fsck uses to perform a file consistency check on a HFS+ volume. I believe fsck_hfs is designed to fix only certain problems within the file system. This makes to program safe to use. It will not further damage the file system as other third party utilities can.

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Answer 6

Sep 14, 2005 2:55 PM in response to Mark Jalbert

Mark,

I think we should close the thread, but you must agree that it could be very helpful if fsck_hfs gives some notice if it's unable to fix a bug. In my case there was no message at all.

Silence should not happen ( if it's the case here).

Hans

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