Trouble in paradise: reiserfs problem--how to solve it?
For an unknown reason I had a small glitch a short while ago with computer 'hiccupping' when I went to close an application and I lost the system/quickstart tray on the (KDE) desktop; had to reboot. The reboot was not totally successful because there was an error message showing that one of the partitions could not be accessed and that I had to fix it manually. The problem partition was not the / partition but /dev/hdc11 (explained below). By commenting out hdc11 in fstab I was able to boot into 10.1 normally (but no hdc11--sob :-( .) I have 2 HDs, hda and hdc. hda has the Suse OS on it and on hdc I have one partition -- hdc11 -- which is also formatted in reiserfs and which I use to hold some backups of directories and files. It is this hdc11 partition (~3.5GB) which is in trouble. I ran reiserfsck against hdc11 and there is corruption- I get the error message, "Bad root block 0 (--rebuild-tree did not complete)" when I ran reiserfsck --check against it. How do I get reiserfsck to fix this problem? (the only reiserfsck option I haven't tried yet is --rebuild-tree). Or do I now only have the dd_rescue option left (which I have never used) :-( ? Advice most welcome. Thanks. Cheers. -- This morning my administration released the budget numbers for fiscal 2006. These budget numbers are not just estimates; these are the actual results for the fiscal year that ended February the 30th. George W. Bush 11 Oct 2006
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 The Monday 2006-10-23 at 17:38 +1000, Basil Chupin wrote:
I ran reiserfsck against hdc11 and there is corruption- I get the error message,
"Bad root block 0 (--rebuild-tree did not complete)"
I'm unsure if that means that the disk block is physically bad, but I'm afraid that is what it says. - but then, I tend to be pessimistic first, and happily surprised later. If I'm correct, you are in bad shape indeed.
when I ran reiserfsck --check against it.
How do I get reiserfsck to fix this problem? (the only reiserfsck option I haven't tried yet is --rebuild-tree). Or do I now only have the dd_rescue option left (which I have never used) :-( ?
The above sentence seems to say it already did a --rebuild-tree which failed: «(--rebuild-tree did not complete)». Try again explicitly.
Advice most welcome. Thanks.
I don't like backups in reiserfs... you found out why :-( I hope to be wrong. - -- Cheers, Carlos E. R. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Made with pgp4pine 1.76 iD8DBQFFO4RLtTMYHG2NR9URAuFmAJ9yJOl2m/TCCCdm+uZO5VWLfgegKQCePl9e ACGsxoi4pIP/x1EoX1HAQlg= =zpUt -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
On Monday 23 October 2006 09:38, Basil Chupin wrote: ...
How do I get reiserfsck to fix this problem? (the only reiserfsck option I haven't tried yet is --rebuild-tree). Or do I now only have the dd_rescue option left (which I have never used) :-( ?
You should definitely try --rebuild-tree. At this point you have no other option except surrender. i have had to --rebuild-tree 2 or 3 times to recover files or directories which simply disappeared or were not viewable after, e.g., a power outage or system crash. In my cases it recovered almost everything, and the only files which were lost were a few which i had not touched in 2+ years.
This morning my administration released the budget numbers for fiscal 2006. These budget numbers are not just estimates; these are the actual results for the fiscal year that ended February the 30th.
George W. Bush 11 Oct 2006
ROFLMAO! Classic. Extremely sad, but classic nonetheless. -- ----- stephan@s11n.net http://s11n.net "...pleasure is a grace and is not obedient to the commands of the will." -- Alan W. Watts
On Sunday 22 October 2006 16:04, stephan beal wrote:
How do I get reiserfsck to fix this problem? (the only reiserfsck option I haven't tried yet is --rebuild-tree). Or do I now only have the dd_rescue option left (which I have never used) :-( ?
I have heard that reiserfsck is essentially a NOP (does nothing) and that you need to run reiser-repair or somesuch. I don't use reiser at all so I may be off base. Maybe someone else can answer.
On Sunday 22 October 2006 17:07, Bruce Marshall wrote:
How do I get reiserfsck to fix this problem? (the only reiserfsck option I haven't tried yet is --rebuild-tree). Or do I now only have the dd_rescue option left (which I have never used) :-( ?
I have heard that reiserfsck is essentially a NOP (does nothing) and that you need to run reiser-repair or somesuch. I don't use reiser at all so I may be off base. Maybe someone else can answer.
Correction: It is fsck.xfs that is a NOP and you need to run something else for repairing an XFS system. Sorry for the mistake.
On 22/10/06 15:07, Bruce Marshall wrote:
On Sunday 22 October 2006 16:04, stephan beal wrote:
How do I get reiserfsck to fix this problem? (the only reiserfsck option I haven't tried yet is --rebuild-tree). Or do I now only have the dd_rescue option left (which I have never used) :-( ?
I have heard that reiserfsck is essentially a NOP (does nothing) and that you need to run reiser-repair or somesuch. I don't use reiser at all so I may be off base. Maybe someone else can answer.
AFAIK, that is correct.. reiserfsck without any parameters simply replays the journal and does some simple consistency checking. Running "fsck -A" (which I believe is what is run during bootup) against a reiserfs partition doesn't do much more either.
stephan beal wrote:
On Monday 23 October 2006 09:38, Basil Chupin wrote: ...
How do I get reiserfsck to fix this problem? (the only reiserfsck option I haven't tried yet is --rebuild-tree). Or do I now only have the dd_rescue option left (which I have never used) :-( ?
You should definitely try --rebuild-tree. At this point you have no other option except surrender. i have had to --rebuild-tree 2 or 3 times to recover files or directories which simply disappeared or were not viewable after, e.g., a power outage or system crash. In my cases it recovered almost everything, and the only files which were lost were a few which i had not touched in 2+ years.
Thanks, Stephan, for this "wonderful" news :-( . I was hoping for something more inspirational :-) . OK, I'll try rebuilding the tree.
This morning my administration released the budget numbers for fiscal 2006. These budget numbers are not just estimates; these are the actual results for the fiscal year that ended February the 30th.
George W. Bush 11 Oct 2006
ROFLMAO! Classic. Extremely sad, but classic nonetheless.
George "Maxwell Smart" is a card, ain't he? He is an inspiration to us all. Cheers. -- This morning my administration released the budget numbers for fiscal 2006. These budget numbers are not just estimates; these are the actual results for the fiscal year that ended February the 30th. George W. Bush 11 Oct 2006
Basil Chupin wrote:
stephan beal wrote:
On Monday 23 October 2006 09:38, Basil Chupin wrote: ...
How do I get reiserfsck to fix this problem? (the only reiserfsck option I haven't tried yet is --rebuild-tree). Or do I now only have the dd_rescue option left (which I have never used) :-( ? You should definitely try --rebuild-tree. At this point you have no other option except surrender. i have had to --rebuild-tree 2 or 3 times to recover files or directories which simply disappeared or were not viewable after, e.g., a power outage or system crash. In my cases it recovered almost everything, and the only files which were lost were a few which i had not touched in 2+ years.
Thanks, Stephan, for this "wonderful" news :-( . I was hoping for something more inspirational :-) .
OK, I'll try rebuilding the tree.
Thanks again, Stephan. With one pass --rebuild-tree worked and I now have hdc11 again available - with no data loss :-) . Cheers. -- This morning my administration released the budget numbers for fiscal 2006. These budget numbers are not just estimates; these are the actual results for the fiscal year that ended February the 30th. George W. Bush 11 Oct 2006
On 24/10/06 11:02, Basil Chupin wrote:
<snip>
This morning my administration released the budget numbers for fiscal 2006. These budget numbers are not just estimates; these are the actual results for the fiscal year that ended February the 30th.
George W. Bush 11 Oct 2006
ROFLMAO! Classic. Extremely sad, but classic nonetheless.
George "Maxwell Smart" is a card, ain't he? He is an inspiration to us all.
Cheers. Please and thank you, do not slur Maxwell Smart in such a manner. :-)
Darryl Gregorash wrote:
On 24/10/06 11:02, Basil Chupin wrote:
<snip>
This morning my administration released the budget numbers for fiscal 2006. These budget numbers are not just estimates; these are the actual results for the fiscal year that ended February the 30th.
George W. Bush 11 Oct 2006
ROFLMAO! Classic. Extremely sad, but classic nonetheless.
George "Maxwell Smart" is a card, ain't he? He is an inspiration to us all.
Cheers. Please and thank you, do not slur Maxwell Smart in such a manner. :-)
Sorry :-( . (I should have been more sensitive about this--Maxwell isn't around anymore to defend himself.) Cheers. -- This morning my administration released the budget numbers for fiscal 2006. These budget numbers are not just estimates; these are the actual results for the fiscal year that ended February the 30th. George W. Bush 11 Oct 2006
On Monday 23 October 2006 14:50, Darryl Gregorash wrote:
On 24/10/06 11:02, Basil Chupin wrote:
<snip>
This morning my administration released the budget numbers for fiscal 2006. These budget numbers are not just estimates; these are the actual results for the fiscal year that ended February the 30th.
George W. Bush 11 Oct 2006
ROFLMAO! Classic. Extremely sad, but classic nonetheless.
George "Maxwell Smart" is a card, ain't he? He is an inspiration to us all.
Cheers.
Please and thank you, do not slur Maxwell Smart in such a manner. :-)
You guys got your political BS out of your systems now? If not, take it elsewhere. -- "A nation can survive its fools and even the ambitious but it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable for he is known and he carries his banner openly against the city. But the traitor moves among those within the gates freely." Cicero
JB wrote:
On Monday 23 October 2006 14:50, Darryl Gregorash wrote:
On 24/10/06 11:02, Basil Chupin wrote:
<snip>
This morning my administration released the budget numbers for fiscal 2006. These budget numbers are not just estimates; these are the actual results for the fiscal year that ended February the 30th.
George W. Bush 11 Oct 2006 ROFLMAO! Classic. Extremely sad, but classic nonetheless. George "Maxwell Smart" is a card, ain't he? He is an inspiration to us all.
Cheers. Please and thank you, do not slur Maxwell Smart in such a manner. :-)
You guys got your political BS out of your systems now? If not, take it elsewhere.
Aw, shuck, seeing as how you're asking so nicely..... "A nation can survive its fools and even the ambitious but it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable for he is known and he carries his banner openly against the city. But the traitor moves among those within the gates freely." Cicero -- "Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we." George W Bush 5 August 2004.
On Tuesday 24 October 2006 09:01, Basil Chupin wrote:
JB wrote:
On Monday 23 October 2006 14:50, Darryl Gregorash wrote:
On 24/10/06 11:02, Basil Chupin wrote:
<snip>
This morning my administration released the budget numbers for fiscal 2006. These budget numbers are not just estimates; these are the actual results for the fiscal year that ended February the 30th.
George W. Bush 11 Oct 2006
ROFLMAO! Classic. Extremely sad, but classic nonetheless.
George "Maxwell Smart" is a card, ain't he? He is an inspiration to us all.
Cheers.
Please and thank you, do not slur Maxwell Smart in such a manner. :-)
You guys got your political BS out of your systems now? If not, take it elsewhere.
Aw, shuck, seeing as how you're asking so nicely.....
Done crying now? -- "A nation can survive its fools and even the ambitious but it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable for he is known and he carries his banner openly against the city. But the traitor moves among those within the gates freely." Cicero
On 24/10/06 09:57, JB wrote:
On Tuesday 24 October 2006 09:01, Basil Chupin wrote:
JB wrote:
On Monday 23 October 2006 14:50, Darryl Gregorash wrote:
On 24/10/06 11:02, Basil Chupin wrote:
<snip>
>This morning my administration released the budget numbers for fiscal >2006. These budget numbers are not just estimates; these are the >actual results for the fiscal year that ended February the 30th. > > George W. Bush 11 >Oct 2006 > ROFLMAO! Classic. Extremely sad, but classic nonetheless.
George "Maxwell Smart" is a card, ain't he? He is an inspiration to us all.
Cheers.
Please and thank you, do not slur Maxwell Smart in such a manner. :-)
You guys got your political BS out of your systems now? If not, take it elsewhere.
Aw, shuck, seeing as how you're asking so nicely.....
Done crying now?
(expletive deleted) off.
On Tuesday 24 October 2006 15:36, Darryl Gregorash wrote:
(expletive deleted) off.
You're too much of a pansy to write out a curse word? How about *you* fuck off. -- Calling an illegal alien an 'undocumented worker', is like calling a home intruder an 'unwanted houseguest'.
On Oct 24, 2006, at 11:06 PM, JB wrote:
On Tuesday 24 October 2006 15:36, Darryl Gregorash wrote:
(expletive deleted) off.
You're too much of a pansy to write out a curse word? How about *you* fuck off.
No. It's just rude and in bad taste to curse on a list that may have underage users subscribing. -- Faith is the truth of passion. Since no passion is more true than another, faith is the truth of nothing.
On Wednesday 25 October 2006 00:06, JB wrote:
On Tuesday 24 October 2006 15:36, Darryl Gregorash wrote:
(expletive deleted) off.
You're too much of a pansy to write out a curse word? How about *you* fuck off.
Why don't you 'professionals' take this totally off-line and bash the <heck> out of each other.......
On Wednesday 25 October 2006 15:51, Bruce Marshall wrote:
On Wednesday 25 October 2006 00:06, JB wrote:
On Tuesday 24 October 2006 15:36, Darryl Gregorash wrote:
(expletive deleted) off.
You're too much of a pansy to write out a curse word? How about *you* **** off.
Why don't you 'professionals' take this totally off-line and bash the <heck> out of each other.......
He can't.. He's too stupid and crass. Has no clue. That's why I /dev/nulled him ages ago. Now I'm going to figure out a way to remove responses to his stupidity too. -- Powered by SuSE 10.0 Kernel 2.6.13 X86_64 KDE 3.4 Kmail 1.8 4:01pm up 8 days 21:43, 4 users, load average: 2.22, 2.22, 2.19
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