SEVERE java.io.EOFException - on startup

up until now google has been one of my best allys in this great fight of keeping a server runing (beware: sarcasm) but now i must succumb and ask for help in the public square.
I had a power cut, failure, outage or however you guys name those things in english, and for "some" reason "something" broke inside the magnificent server i was running.

What i can say is, i went Chunkster on its ass and it said 3 chunks were in pretty bad shape due to overdrinking at the local pub. I figured they were treated so badly that even chunkster couldnt do anything about it.
I went and called MCEdit. MC sang about how complete the server was, up until it removed (i take it it fixed it?) one chunk.

I figured "hey, now it's all shiny and whatnot" ... It's whatnot. It spilled the same SEVER log it spat the first time i ran it after the power outage.

Any help would be, mighty, apreciated.
I'm sorry for making this a Novel-Halp-Topic but i'm pretty frustrated and this helps vent it out
side-note: I've also tried and downloaded the /lastbuild/ to no avail.

SEVERE console log (open) SEVERE console log (close)

16:52:37 [SEVERE] java.io.EOFException
16:52:37 [SEVERE] at java.util.zip.GZIPInputStream.readUByte(GZIPInputStream.java:224)
16:52:37 [SEVERE] at java.util.zip.GZIPInputStream.readUShort(GZIPInputStream.java:214)
16:52:37 [SEVERE] at java.util.zip.GZIPInputStream.readHeader(GZIPInputStream.java:153)
16:52:37 [SEVERE] at java.util.zip.GZIPInputStream.<init>(GZIPInputStream.java:75)
16:52:37 [SEVERE] at java.util.zip.GZIPInputStream.<init>(GZIPInputStream.java:85)
16:52:37 [SEVERE] at net.minecraft.server.CompressedStreamTools.a(SourceFile:9)
16:52:37 [SEVERE] at net.minecraft.server.PlayerNBTManager.c(PlayerNBTManager.java:93)
16:52:37 [SEVERE] at net.minecraft.server.World.<init>(World.java:128)
16:52:37 [SEVERE] at net.minecraft.server.WorldServer.<init>(WorldServer.java:27)
16:52:37 [SEVERE] at net.minecraft.server.SecondaryWorldServer.<init>(SecondaryWorldServer.java:8)
16:52:37 [SEVERE] at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.a(MinecraftServer.java:221)
16:52:37 [SEVERE] at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.init(MinecraftServer.java:152)
16:52:37 [SEVERE] at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.run(MinecraftServer.java:348)
16:52:37 [SEVERE] at net.minecraft.server.ThreadServerApplication.run(SourceFile:417)
16:52:37 [SEVERE] java.io.EOFException
16:52:37 [SEVERE] at java.util.zip.GZIPInputStream.readUByte(GZIPInputStream.java:224)
16:52:37 [SEVERE] at java.util.zip.GZIPInputStream.readUShort(GZIPInputStream.java:214)
16:52:37 [SEVERE] at java.util.zip.GZIPInputStream.readHeader(GZIPInputStream.java:153)
16:52:37 [SEVERE] at java.util.zip.GZIPInputStream.<init>(GZIPInputStream.java:75)
16:52:37 [SEVERE] at java.util.zip.GZIPInputStream.<init>(GZIPInputStream.java:85)
16:52:37 [SEVERE] at net.minecraft.server.CompressedStreamTools.a(SourceFile:9)
16:52:37 [SEVERE] at net.minecraft.server.PlayerNBTManager.c(PlayerNBTManager.java:104)
16:52:37 [SEVERE] at net.minecraft.server.World.<init>(World.java:128)
16:52:37 [SEVERE] at net.minecraft.server.WorldServer.<init>(WorldServer.java:27)
16:52:37 [SEVERE] at net.minecraft.server.SecondaryWorldServer.<init>(SecondaryWorldServer.java:8)
16:52:37 [SEVERE] at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.a(MinecraftServer.java:221)
16:52:37 [SEVERE] at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.init(MinecraftServer.java:152)
16:52:37 [SEVERE] at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.run(MinecraftServer.java:348)
16:52:37 [SEVERE] at net.minecraft.server.ThreadServerApplication.run(SourceFile:417)
16:52:37 [INFO] Unable to find spawn biome
16:52:37 [SEVERE] java.lang.NullPointerException
16:52:37 [SEVERE] at net.minecraft.server.WorldServer.c(WorldServer.java:162)
16:52:37 [SEVERE] at net.minecraft.server.World.a(World.java:2224)
16:52:37 [SEVERE] at net.minecraft.server.Chunk.addEntities(Chunk.java:634)
16:52:37 [SEVERE] at net.minecraft.server.ChunkProviderServer.getChunkAt(ChunkProviderServer.java:81)
16:52:37 [SEVERE] at net.minecraft.server.ChunkProviderServer.getOrCreateChunk(ChunkProviderServer.java:106)
16:52:37 [SEVERE] at net.minecraft.server.World.getChunkAt(World.java:300)
16:52:37 [SEVERE] at net.minecraft.server.World.getTypeId(World.java:247)
16:52:37 [SEVERE] at net.minecraft.server.World.isEmpty(World.java:251)
16:52:37 [SEVERE] at net.minecraft.server.World.a(World.java:218)
16:52:37 [SEVERE] at net.minecraft.server.WorldProviderHell.canSpawn(SourceFile:37)
16:52:37 [SEVERE] at net.minecraft.server.World.canSpawn(World.java:104)
16:52:37 [SEVERE] at net.minecraft.server.World.c(World.java:202)
16:52:37 [SEVERE] at net.minecraft.server.World.<init>(World.java:150)
16:52:37 [SEVERE] at net.minecraft.server.WorldServer.<init>(WorldServer.java:27)
16:52:37 [SEVERE] at net.minecraft.server.SecondaryWorldServer.<init>(SecondaryWorldServer.java:8)
16:52:37 [SEVERE] at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.a(MinecraftServer.java:221)
16:52:37 [SEVERE] at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.init(MinecraftServer.java:152)
16:52:37 [SEVERE] at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.run(MinecraftServer.java:348)
16:52:37 [SEVERE] at net.minecraft.server.ThreadServerApplication.run(SourceFile:417)
16:52:37 [SEVERE] Unexpected exception
java.lang.NullPointerException
at net.minecraft.server.WorldServer.c(WorldServer.java:162)
at net.minecraft.server.World.a(World.java:2224)
at net.minecraft.server.Chunk.addEntities(Chunk.java:634)
at net.minecraft.server.ChunkProviderServer.getChunkAt(ChunkProviderServer.java:81)
at net.minecraft.server.ChunkProviderServer.getOrCreateChunk(ChunkProviderServer.java:106)
at net.minecraft.server.World.getChunkAt(World.java:300)
at net.minecraft.server.World.getTypeId(World.java:247)
at net.minecraft.server.World.isEmpty(World.java:251)
at net.minecraft.server.World.a(World.java:218)
at net.minecraft.server.WorldProviderHell.canSpawn(SourceFile:37)
at net.minecraft.server.World.canSpawn(World.java:104)
at net.minecraft.server.World.c(World.java:202)
at net.minecraft.server.World.<init>(World.java:150)
at net.minecraft.server.WorldServer.<init>(WorldServer.java:27)
at net.minecraft.server.SecondaryWorldServer.<init>(SecondaryWorldServer.java:8)
at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.a(MinecraftServer.java:221)
at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.init(MinecraftServer.java:152)
at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.run(MinecraftServer.java:348)
at net.minecraft.server.ThreadServerApplication.run(SourceFile:417)

 

Sounds like chunk corruption to me. Try powering off your server, rename your world folder to a different name, and start the server again, allowing it to regen a new world. If that works, then the issue is, in fact, somewhere in the world files. As you've already tried Chunkster and MCEdit, I don't personally have any other constructive suggestions, aside from restoring a known-good backup of your world folder, or just starting with a fresh map.

 

Oh my. It seems it IS a map problem. Oh my.

So. What i did:
edited the server.properties to world-name:redworld
started the server, everything went fine. pretty fine indeed, if it werent for permissions i'd have used /commands.
stoped the server.

copied contents of 'world' to 'redworld' started the server.
Everything went fine mighty fine

All i had to do was relocate the permissions, edit Factions file to the 'redworld' and pin-point some other stuff.

My many, many, thanks. You have saved me from the "Wrath of the Players" and i'm truest when i say i wouldn't survive that.

Thanks.

 

Nice, glad to hear that you were able to get it working with minimal damage.

 

@Mosh Mage
When that happens to me, I just start and restart my server like 3-4 times.
The error usually fixes itself.

But I'm glad you got it working.

 

So finally someone figured out how to fix the input/output corruption error! This has happened to me like 2 or 3 times after my server computer crashed, and I always had to use a backup of my world.