// Skip header
	_, metaBuf, err = msgp.ReadBytesZC(metaBuf)
	if err != nil {
		storageLogIf(GlobalContext, err)
		return buf
	}
	// Skip CRC
	if maj > 1 || minor >= 2 {
		_, metaBuf, err = msgp.ReadUint32Bytes(metaBuf)
		storageLogIf(GlobalContext, err)
	}
	//   =  input - current pos
	ends := len(buf) - len(metaBuf)
	if ends > len(buf) {
		return buf
	}

	return buf[:ends]

				if err != nil {
					return nil, err
				}
			case 1, 2:
				v, b, err := msgp.ReadBytesZC(b)
				if err != nil {
					return nil, err
				}
				if _, nbuf, err := msgp.ReadUint32Bytes(b); err == nil {
					// Read metadata CRC (added in v2, ignore if not found)
					b = nbuf
				}

				_, err = msgp.CopyToJSON(buf, bytes.NewReader(v))
				if err != nil {
					return nil, err
				}

			}

			if int64(len(buf)) < want {
				return nil, fmt.Errorf("buffer shorter than expected (buflen: %d, want: %d): %w", len(buf), want, errFileCorrupt)
			}

			tmp = buf[want:]
			_, after, err := msgp.ReadUint32Bytes(tmp)
			if err != nil {
				return nil, fmt.Errorf("readXLMetaNoData(read_meta): unknown metadata version %w", err)
			}
			want += int64(len(tmp) - len(after))

			return buf[:want], err

		default: