hi vladimir, On Tue, 2007-01-23 at 19:19 +0300, Vladimir V. Saveliev wrote: > You should setup a linear raid (IMPORTANT: with no persistent super block) of /dev/mapper/vg0-backup and some spare device. > Spare device does not have to be big. I do not think that you can not find 50mb of disk space to create a loop device on that space. > Then you have to run --rebuild-sb and --rebuild-tree > > See more details at http://www.mail-archive.com/reiserfs-list@namesys.com/msg21597.html thanks for this. it's less complicated than i thought. i'll report back tomorrow morning/afternoon after i've had the chance to run it. > > (2) reiserfsprogs 3.6.20, which may have a fix? doesn't look released > > yet, and i'm not sure how stable/dangerous it is. > > > 3.6.20 does not have a fix for that bug. > > > also, i've heard mention of --scan-whole-partition. would that be > > advisable in this situation with 3.6.19? > > no thanks for the clarifications on these, saves me some time and possible fs corruption :) sean