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

->>> >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

->>> >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

Message-ID: <01C04E2C.7BFE12F0.kester.clegg@comreco-rail.co.uk> From: Kester Clegg Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2000 11:17:31 -0000 Subject: RE: [SLE] Reiserfsck? Help, I can't mount /dev/hda3 /mnt/ This is the entire root directory we're talking about..... not just a few MB. ;-) However, given the way SuSE has set up the reiserfs utils, and given the fact that maybe reiserfsck might trash my stuff anyhow, I've given up trying to fix the filesystem. Instead, I've borrowed another hard drive from a friend and decided to copy the files over. Then I'll just reformat my main hard drive. Question is, do I risk reiserfs again? In fact, should anyone? k. <p>On Monday, November 13, 2000 4:54 PM, Herman Knief [SMTP:herman@knief.net] wrote: option the 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 ->>