Re: Need help retrieving data

[Brian Davis <bridavis@comcast.net>]

Do you guys think that a rebuild-tree will fix this problem?

Hans Reiser wrote:
> I am very sorry to inform you that our fsck guy is on vacation, and we
> have no effective backup for him.
>
> Hans
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> Brian Davis wrote:
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>> Hello,
>>
>> I've paid the 25 dollars, but I haven't gotten a response yet so I'm
>> trying this list....
>>
>> I have a disk which has a single partition with reiserfs version 3 on it.
>>
>> One day I put the disk on a 3Ware 7506-4LP RAID controller card and
>> tried to mount the partition through the normal mechanisms. (mount -t
>> xfs /dev/..). It was not part of a RAID array, it was just setup as a
>> single disk on the controller.
>>
>> When I did this, mount hung for what seemed to be a long time and then
>> Seg Faulted.  Since then I have not been able to mount the partition
>> on either the RAID controller or a normal IDE controller.
>>
>> I get the following error when trying to mount:
>>
>> localhost ~ # mount -t reiserfs /dev/hde1 /stuff
>> mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hde1,
>>      missing codepage or other error
>>      In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try
>>      dmesg | tail  or so
>>
>> Checking /var/log/messages reveals the following:
>>
>> ReiserFS: hde1: found reiserfs format "3.6" with standard journal
>> ReiserFS: hde1: using ordered data mode
>> ReiserFS: hde1: journal params: device hde1, size 8192, journal first
>> block 18, max trans len 1024, max batch 900, max commit age 30, max
>> trans age 30
>> ReiserFS: hde1: checking transaction log (hde1)
>> ReiserFS: hde1: warning: vs-7000: search_by_entry_key: search_by_key
>> returned item position == 0
>>
>> I then run reiserfsck, which doesn't find any errors:
>>
>> localhost ~ # reiserfsck /dev/hde1
>> reiserfsck 3.6.19 (2003 www.namesys.com)
>>
>> *************************************************************
>> ** If you are using the latest reiserfsprogs and  it fails **
>> ** please  email bug reports to reiserfs-list@namesys.com, **
>> ** providing  as  much  information  as  possible --  your **
>> ** hardware,  kernel,  patches,  settings,  all reiserfsck **
>> ** messages  (including version),  the reiserfsck logfile, **
>> ** check  the  syslog file  for  any  related information. **
>> ** If you would like advice on using this program, support **
>> ** is available  for $25 at  www.namesys.com/support.html. **
>> *************************************************************
>>
>> Will read-only check consistency of the filesystem on /dev/hde1
>> Will put log info to 'stdout'
>>
>> Do you want to run this program?[N/Yes] (note need to type Yes if you
>> do):Yes
>> ###########
>> reiserfsck --check started at Tue Aug 22 19:21:46 2006
>> ###########
>> Replaying journal..
>> Reiserfs journal '/dev/hde1' in blocks [18..8211]: 0 transactions
>> replayed
>> Checking internal tree..finished                             
>> Comparing bitmaps..finished
>> Checking Semantic tree:
>> finished                                                                      
>>
>> No corruptions found
>> There are on the filesystem:
>>       Leaves 40825
>>       Internal nodes 270
>>       Directories 2351
>>       Other files 34336
>>       Data block pointers 34474385 (536372 of them are zero)
>>       Safe links 0
>> ###########
>> reiserfsck finished at Tue Aug 22 19:26:56 2006
>> ###########
>>
>> Trying to mount again after running reiserfsck still results in the
>> same error as above.
>>
>> I'm at a loss for the next steps to take, I'm hoping you can help be
>> get my data back from this drive/partition.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Brian
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