The error code 0xfffffffffffff is returned by the file system if there was an error reading the file or writing the file.
The file name is “file 0xfffffffffffff”.
This error is caused by the zfs file system, which is a file system which supports a certain file system format or file system in which the size of a file has to be rounded up to the next power of two. The filesystem in question is an ext2/3 file system from the FreeBSD project.
So if you have to use a file system which doesn’t support power of two numbers, you will have to use something else.
This is a common error, but it doesn’t mean you have to ignore it. If you get a file written to the ext3 filesystem, the error means you have the wrong file system. You can also get the same error by using the ext3 directory.
However, using the ext3 filesystem, this is the error you should be getting: Inode 0xfffffffffffff:0x0 (5.6 MB) has been truncated. This means that it is in use, but the free space cannot be used by the file system. Inode is a device used to represent an inode in the file system.
The error is pretty rare, but when it happens it can seriously mess up your system. If you get this error, you need to check the file system and clear the cache. Make sure you don’t delete the file system (you can re-create it by using fsck), or a reboot might be needed.
This error can occur when you try to rename a file, because it can be difficult to distinguish between the new file and the old file.
The error is named “freebsd zfs error in file 0xfffffffffffff:0x0” and it is caused if you try to rename a file that starts with a zero.
