From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Cami Subject: Re: --rebuild-tree Date: Tue, 06 Jul 2004 11:20:21 +0200 Message-ID: <40EA6ED5.8070003@mweb.co.za> References: <200407060828.56801.aotto1968@onlinehome.de> <40EA5193.2040604@mweb.co.za> <40EA6932.7090606@namesys.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: list-help: list-unsubscribe: list-post: Errors-To: flx@namesys.com In-Reply-To: <40EA6932.7090606@namesys.com> List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" To: reiserfs-list@namesys.com Hi Vladimir >> Can anyone tell me roughly how dangerous this is > > it is not dangerous. Just, please, make sure you have recent reiserfsck. Yea.. I updated to the latest version last night.. >> and roughly how long something like this will take? > > hard to say. It depends on hardware. Given that 35 gb is not too much Its a big ass Dell storage device (CX600) with fibre drives so its quite a monster / quite fast.. > reiserfsck --rebuild-tree should not take too much. 2 hours? Vitaly may > want to correct me, though mm.. thats not too bad at all.. >> The filesystem stores all the users mailboxes in >> maildir format so there are millions of files.. >> >> Any tips/comments would be appreciated.. > > PS: please do not forget that backuping is important when dealing with > user mailboxes even if you are running super reliable hardward and > bugless software. Busy making a snapshot of the filesystem now.. Thanks! Cami