From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: sean finney Subject: Re: reiserfsprogs: options for recovering from reiserfsck/"Not enough allocable blocks" Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 17:05:26 +0100 Message-ID: <1169568327.5468.71.camel@localhost> References: <1169558949.5468.40.camel@localhost> <200701231919.37775.vs@namesys.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-c9rVk33qWNh0RkHgZn7B" Return-path: list-help: list-unsubscribe: list-post: Errors-To: flx@namesys.com In-Reply-To: <200701231919.37775.vs@namesys.com> List-Id: To: "Vladimir V. Saveliev" Cc: reiserfs-list@namesys.com --=-c9rVk33qWNh0RkHgZn7B Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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 fin= d 50mb of disk space to create a loop device on that space. > Then you have to run --rebuild-sb and --rebuild-tree >=20 > 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. > >=20 > 3.6.20 does not have a fix for that bug. >=20 > > also, i've heard mention of --scan-whole-partition. would that be > > advisable in this situation with 3.6.19? =20 >=20 > no thanks for the clarifications on these, saves me some time and possible fs corruption :) sean --=-c9rVk33qWNh0RkHgZn7B Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBFtjJGynjLPm522B0RAtznAKCJYZUmZFnF45GJtmBVgzhEbe+nDQCfeEOv k2HsjpJDj3RKmXORnoyvsFY= =dh8R -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-c9rVk33qWNh0RkHgZn7B--