From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Tom Epperly Subject: Re: reiserfs keeps failing fsck suggested reiserfsck --rebuild-sb Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2003 20:48:39 -0700 Message-ID: <1051501719.708.1.camel@sarantium> References: <1051501483.850.22.camel@sarantium> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Return-path: list-help: list-unsubscribe: list-post: Errors-To: flx@namesys.com In-reply-to: <1051501483.850.22.camel@sarantium> List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: reiserfs-list@namesys.com I neglected to mention that I am running on a self-compiled 2.4.20 kernel with Debian patches applied (i.e., it's based on the kernel-source-2.4.20 debian package). On Sun, 2003-04-27 at 20:44, Tom Epperly wrote: > 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 -- Tom Epperly