Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2000 17:08:32 +0000 From: Tor Sigurdsson Message-ID: <20001113170832.A12297@dustpuppy.suse.starf.rhi.hi.is> Subject: Re: [SLE] Reiserfsck? Help, I can't mount /dev/hda3 /mnt/ Duh... dumb question maybe, but is the definition in /etc/fstab REALLY reiserfs ? ( sounds like your'e trying to mount a reiserfs partition as ext2 ;-Þ ) -tosi On Mon, Nov 13, 2000 at 08:54:24AM -0800, Herman Knief wrote:

Can you mount it, copy reiserfsck to /tmp, then umount?

- Herman

On Mon, 13 Nov 2000, Kester Clegg wrote:

->>Yes, I have since then been able to mount it using ->>mount -t reiserfs /dev/hda3 /mnt ->>but of course that is on a rescue system and reiserfsck is not in the bin / ->>sbin utils. Bizarrely it is in /mnt/sbin but of course I can't use it ->>because I have to mount the directory to see it and you can't run ->>reiserfsck on a mounted drive. So, looks like I'll have to get another ->>hard drive and copy the files over. It's really a PITA, and I'd like to ->>know the cause and if there is any way to fix it. I can't understand ->>SuSE's reasons for not putting reiserfsck in the utils available on a ->>rescue system - what's the point of the other reiserfs tools? And how do I ->>find out how to fix my machine with no man pages, no printed manual help, ->>and a partially complete set of reiser utilities? ->> ->>I guess as no one from SuSE has answered previous criticism about the lack ->>of support for the reiserfs when things go wrong, I'll just end up ->>reformatting the hard drive. I doubt there is a way to fix it. ->> ->>The message in /var/messages/boot.log claimed reiserfs was trying to access ->>beyond the end of the device. Anyone else had that? ->>k. ->> ->>On Thursday, November 09, 2000 6:00 PM, Doug McGarrett ->>[SMTP:dougmack@i-2000.com] wrote: ->>> I'm sorry I don't have an answer for you. But there have been a number ->>> of threads relating to the Reiser FS recently, and the question always ->>> comes up, what are the advantages and disadvantages of Reiser. I ->>> should think you have discovered a _major_ disadvantage, if there ->>> is no way to recover your data! (I hope you do find a way, and ->>> then report it here.) --doug ->>> ->>> At 11:45 AM 11/09/2000 +0000, Kester Clegg wrote: ->>> >Hi all, ->>> > ->>> >This thread was posted a long time ago, but I now need to find similar ->>> >solutions. I had a most unpleasant experience last night. After making ->>> >alterations to try to improve my modem speed (setting ttS1 to sp_vhi), ->>my ->>> >machine refused to boot into X. startx worked, and so did kdm, but I ->>> >couldn't return to the graphical login, even though the rc.config option ->>> >was set to kdm. ->>> > ->>> >So I commented out my changes affecting the modem, and rebooted. Again ->>it ->>> >refused to boot into X, but this time kdm hung when I started. I had to ->>do ->>> >a warm reboot as the keyboard was looked. Kernal panic about half way ->>> >through the reboot... ->>> > ->>> >I also notice root d_count=reached (this from memory, and it flashes ->>past ->>> >very fast) or something similar - is this the max mount count reached ->>and ->>> >would that cause the booting into X problem? ->>> > ->>> >mmm... ->>> > ->>> >After that, the machine reset itself to reboot about midway through the ->>> >booting process. I tried to boot a rescue system, but no joy. I have: ->>> > ->>> >/dev/hda1 ext2 ->>> >/dev/hda3 reiserfs ->>> > ->>> >mount /dev/hda3 /mnt/ ->>> > ->>> >fails under the rescue system, complaining that /dev/hda3 has the wrong ->>> >major or minor number? I guess this is due to reiserfs? ->>> > ->>> >Can I mount this rieserfs partition using the rescue system off the CD ->>> >(v.6.4)? If so, how? ->>> > ->>> >What has likely trashed my machine and what should I check to get back ->>my ->>> >work of the last month? All / any suggestions are welcome, because as ->>far ->>> >as I could see, /sbin under the rescue system has no reiserfsck on it ->>(dump ->>> >and resize and utils are there, but not fsck), so if there is a problem ->>> >(and it looks bad?) what can I do? :-( ->> ->>-- ->>To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com ->>For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com ->>Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/support/faq ->>

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