reiserfs keeps failing fsck suggested reiserfsck --rebuild-sb

[Tom Epperly <tomepperly@attbi.com>]

I have a Debian Unstable Linux system running on a fairly generic
Pentium III box with two IDE drives. I've been running with my root
partition as ext2 and reiserfs for all my other partitions for many
months. I don't remember when I actually made the switch.

I recently upgraded to reiserfsprogs 3.6.6-1 via the normal "apt-get
update ; apt-get upgrade". Since then, fsck has been failing when I
reboot. I've tried running "reiserfsck --rebuild-sb" as directed, but I
get the same message again when I reboot.

My of my dialog with the Debian maintainer is here:
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=190963

I get this message:
sarantium:/home/tepperly# fsck /dev/hda11
fsck 1.33 (21-Apr-2003)
<--------reiserfsck 3.6.6, 2003-------->
 
  *************************************************************
  ** If you are using the latest reiserfsprogs and  it fails **
  ** please  email bug reports to reiserfs-list@namesys.com, **
  ** providing  as  much  information  as  possible --  your **
  ** hardware,  kernel,  patches,  settings,  all reiserfsck **
  ** messages  (including version),  the reiserfsck logfile, **
  ** check  the  syslog file  for  any  related information. **
  ** If you would like advice on using this program, support **
  ** is available  for $25 at  www.namesys.com/support.html. **
  *************************************************************
 
Will read-only check consistency of the filesystem on /dev/hda11
Will put log info to 'stdout'
 
Do you want to run this program?[N/Yes] (note need to type Yes if you
do):Yes
 
reiserfs_open_journal: journal parameters from the super block does not
match
to journal parameters from the journal. It is expected if you created
your fs
with old reiserfsprogs. In this case rebuild-sb will fix it all for you.
 
Either make journal partition available or use --no-journal-available
If you have the standard journal or if your partition is available
and you specified it correctly, you must run rebuild-sb.
sarantium:/home/tepperly#

I've run reiserfsck --rebuild-sb on all the reiserfs partitions. It
never says anything to indicate that it did or didn't do anything. It
would be nice to see something like "super block updated" or "no change
needed", but that's kind of beside the point.

When I reboot after running reiserfsck --rebuild-sb on all the reiserfs
partitions, it fails in fsck in the same way with the same message. It
is as though reiserfsck isn't doing anything or is not doing the right
thing.

The Debian developer suggested that I write to this mailing list for
suggestions.

Regards,

Tom


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Tom Epperly <tomepperly at attbi dot com>