Re: HILFE! HELP! Problem with my root-partition

[Bernd Schubert <bernd-schubert@web.de>]

On Tuesday 26 August 2003 19:41, Alexander Waller wrote:
> Hi!
> I restarted my server.
> Now my reiserfs-root-partition cannot be mounted.
> Reiserfsck doesn´t help.
>
> filehound:~ # reiserfsck --fix-fixable /dev/hdb3
> reiserfsck 3.6.4 (2002 www.namesys.com)
> Will check consistency of the filesystem on /dev/hdb3
> and will fix what can be fixed w/o --rebuild-tree
> 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: neither new nor old reiserfs format found on /dev/hdb3
>
> reiserfsck: Cannot not open filesystem on "/dev/hdb3"
> Aborted
> filehound:~
>
> There is a harddisk, realy.
> filehound:~ # fdisk -l /dev/hdb
>
> Disk /dev/hdb: 28.5 GB, 28520497152 bytes
> 16 heads, 63 sectors/track, 55262 cylinders
> Units = cylinders of 1008 * 512 = 516096 bytes
>
>    Device Boot    Start       End    Blocks   Id  System
> /dev/hdb1   *         1        33     16600+  83  Linux
> /dev/hdb2            34       292    130536   82  Linux swap
> /dev/hdb3           293     55252  27699840   83  Linux
> filehound:~ #
>
> Please can anyone help me ?!
> Alex.


Hello Alex,

first of all you should install a new reiserfsck (get it from 
ftp.namesys.com). Perhaps even this helps, otherwise there are options like  
--rebuild-tree and --rebuild-sb. Especially if you need to to rebuild-sb, you 
should do a backup of you partition to another harddisk using dd or 
dd_rescue.

I guess you will get more professional help in the next hours by the 
reiserfs-programmers... :) However, I think they will first advise you to 
upgrade to newer reiser-tools.

Regards,
	Bernd