-----Original Message----- From: Kevin Donnelly [mailto:kevin@dotmon.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2006 11:32 AM To: suse-linux-e@suse.com Subject: [SLE] Hosed root dir

While experimenting with editing video with Kino on 9.3, I moved some files and the machine froze. A reboot halted at the GRUB announcement. Rebooting into Installation -> Rescue Installed System said sda2 (root dir) and sda7 (a data dir) were corrupt, and suggested repairs, which I accepted. It also said that sda10 (another data dir) had an unknown filesystem on it. All dirs on the disk use Reiserfs. However, the app then hung at the stage where it attempts to mount fstab dirs. Accessing the system via Rescue System from the CD allowed me to mount all dirs except sda2 and sda10, and the data on them *appears* to be OK and accessible. Reiserfsck --check /dev/sda2 just gives up and says there must be bad blocks on the disk.

At the minute the most likely option seems to be a reinstall on sda2 (assuming that the disk isn't totally kaputt), but that will lose my email and a couple of files I'd like to keep, including a small db I forgot to back up. Is there any option other than this nuclear one?

Hoping someone can help ...

Kevin Donnelly

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[Black, Alain] During the install, you can choose to customize the partitions based on the suggestions. Select "Edit" and uncheck format for the partitions that you don't want to format and make sure the mount options are correct. Another option would be to install a 2nd hard drive in the system, from the recovery console, mount the current data that you want to save, and the new drive and copy the data to the new drive. Good luck, -Alain.