Re: reiserfs in cryptoloop file is corrupt: all data lost?

[evilninja <evilninja@gmx.net>]

Detlef Grittner schrieb:
> An appropriate fstab entry, so a user is allowed to mount the device 
> looks like this:
> /home/userX/data         /home/userX/crypto  reiserfs   
> user,noauto,loop=/dev/loop0,encryption=twofish256,phash=sha512,itercountk=100 

so, you're using a file-backed cryptoloop setup? these setups are often 
reported to deadlock. but this only as a side-note...

> I have done a reiserfsck --check, which told me I should run reiserfsck 
> --rebuild-sb and then a reiserfsck --rebuild-tree. The last one 
> obviously failed and just told me that there is no reiserfs meta data.

you ran reiserfsck on what? on the losetup'ed /dev/loop0 i hope ;-)
please provide the output of the reiserfsck run. please make sure that 
you're running a current version of reiserfsprogs / current kernel.

> I want to know, if it is worth a try, otherwise I won't spend time and 
> money on it.

well, it's only $25 at http://www.namesys.com/support.html ;-)

Christian.
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