Re: reiserfsck failing with external journal

[Edward Shishkin <edward@namesys.com>]

Ronny T. Lampert wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I've made a fs with the newest reiserfs-progs.
>
> #> mkreiserfs -j /dev/hda5 /dev/hda6
>
> Mounting is fine.
> But reiserfsck fails every time with:
>
> -o-o-
>
> ###########
> reiserfsck --check started at Thu Sep 30 15:42:47 2004
> ###########
>
> reiserfs_open_journal: journal parameters from the super block does 
> not match
> to journal parameters from the journal. You should run  reiserfsck 
> with --rebuild-sb to check your superblock consistency.


Hello.
It is essential to specify right journal device for fsck, although I am 
not sure
 if this warning is correct. As I remember, fsck should ask for a 
correct journal
device or suggest to use the option --no-journal-available (then you'll 
be invited
to assign new journal device by reiserfstune). Vitaly?..

>
> -o-o-
>
> If I do as adviced (reiserfsck --rebuild-sb), it says the superblock 
> is fine.
> Next time it fails with the same message.
>
> Only supplying -j /dev/hda5 to every reiserfs-prog will help :(
> Doing an
>
> #> reiserfstune --new-journal-dev /dev/hda5
>
> doesn't cure it, too.
>
> I think, that is not as it's supposed to work because it'll _break all 
> system boot-up scripts_ !


Let's first take a look at the scripts that will be broken ;)
Edward.

>
> Is it some subtle bug in the reiserfs-progs, because they try to 
> extract the journal_dev from the SB (as a quick look at the source 
> reveals) but don't use it properly?
>
> Kind regards,
> Ronny
>
>