Steve Herborn wrote:
This time It appears that the file system & configuration databases became corrupted after moving the equipment. Several services aren't starting up (LADP, DHCP, PBS to name a few) and YAST2 hangs any time an attempt is made to use it. For example adding a printer or software package. My co-worker feels the issue maybe related to the ReiserFS file system with AMD processors. The ReiserFS file system was the default presented when I initially installed SLES so I went with it.
Ouch. Can you boot an OpenSuSE disk in rescue mode and fsck the file system?
I have had two (severe) data losses in my work on Linux, one was with ext2, and the other with Reiserfs. Wouldn't recommend using either one in a production mode for data that needed long term viability.
Do you know of any issues with using the ReiserFS file system on AMD based systems or have any other ideas what I maybe facing?
Yes, reiserfs may have been silently accumulating errors that only became apparent upon restart. Or its fsck munged the file system.
If you can move off of it, I would urge you to do that. It is likely that the configuration data that your non-starting services depend upon are lost. Can you rebuild this (or pay someone to do so) without too much pain?
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