From: Vladimir Saveliev <vs@namesys.com>
To: Flora Dru <dru@dicts.mak.ac.ug>
Cc: reiserfs-list@namesys.com
Subject: Re: Filesystem repair and Data Recovery
Date: Fri, 01 Jul 2005 18:05:47 +0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1120226737.3603.85.camel@tribesman.namesys.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20050701130616.2D2FCA04E@mail.mak.ac.ug>
Hello
On Fri, 2005-07-01 at 17:06, Flora Dru wrote:
> >>
> >> our reiserfs partition that holds our institutions mails got corrupted
> >> (27GB).
> >
> > Can you please provide more details? Does it refuse to mount? Do you get
> > kernel warnings when you try to access files on it? Did it get
> > unreadable blocks?
> >
> It failed to mount the first time after a on normal shutdown and reboot
> that is when my colleague tried to repair using rebuild-tree it failed (i
> unfortunately dont know what the errors were). This is when he modified the
> fstab, set fs as ext2,
Sorry, I am confused. If filesystem is reiserfs it can not be mounted as
ext2.
please do
cat /proc/mounts
and let us know what did it say.
Which partition contains reiserfs which got corrupted? Is it root
filesystem now?
> rebooted and it worked however some of the files and
> folders were corrupted with changed strange permissions and owners. See
> below:
>
> ?--xr-S-wx 25390 1701015401 574452853 1747074414 Jul 1 2025
> admin.mak.ac.ug
> ?r--rw--w- 14641 741476913 173227333 1162692948 Jun 3 1975
> agric.mak.ac.ug
> ?--xr----t 29295 543258944 1933339936 1869572193 Oct 23 2030
> bookshop.mak.ac.ug
> br-srw-r-- 17418 925986415 959925040 54, 54 Jan 1 2018 mak.ac.ug
>
>
> >
> > Please run
> > reiserfsck /dev/sda2
> > and let us know what does it say.
> > please make sure that you have the most recent reiserfsck with
> > reiserfsck -V. If it is not 3.6.19 - please upgrade:
> > ftp://ftp.namesys.com/pub/reiserfsprogs/reiserfsprogs-3.6.19.tar.gz
> >
> reiserfsck /dev/sdc1 failed when i tried it (thought it was bse
bse==because?
> the partion
> is now read as ext2), unfortunately i cant umount the partition because it
> is on a production server and i cant reboot it now. But i will owrk on that
> in the nite and post error message.
>
> My kernel is linux 2.4.19 and reiserfsprogs-3.6.19.tar.gz is recommended for
> kernels 2.4.30 or later. Which one would your recommend for my kernel?
>
When you have chance - upgrade to 2.4.31.
>
> Thanks again
> Florence
>
>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-07-01 14:05 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-07-01 11:29 Filesystem repair and Data Recovery Flora Dru
2005-07-01 12:19 ` Vladimir Saveliev
2005-07-01 13:06 ` Flora Dru
2005-07-01 14:05 ` Vladimir Saveliev [this message]
2005-07-01 14:35 ` Flora Dru
2005-07-01 15:14 ` Vladimir Saveliev
2005-07-01 15:32 ` Flora Dru
2005-07-01 16:15 ` Vladimir Saveliev
2005-07-01 16:36 ` Flora Dru
2005-07-01 17:37 ` Vladimir Saveliev
2005-07-02 10:19 ` Flora Dru
2005-07-03 12:59 ` Vladimir Saveliev
2005-07-03 14:35 ` Flora Dru
2005-07-04 10:06 ` Vladimir Saveliev
2005-07-04 10:50 ` Flora Dru
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