James writes: > My friend threw a theory out there -- maybe the beginning of the > partition is incorrect on the drive? The drive originally had an NTFS > partition. By blowing away the beginning of the drive and then > rewriting the partition table, maybe the kernel was using the original > "beginning" location of the NTFS partition which *may* be incorrect > for the beginning of the reiserfs /dev/sdX1 partition. I did *NOT* > reboot after making changes to the partition table (nor did I > disconnect / reconnect the drive). > > Is this possible?
Hmmmmm. May be worth a try. I usually use the partprobe (sys-block/parted) command to make the kernel recognize the new partition layout. Not sure if this is always necessary. > I'm 99.99999% sure this drive is not defective. There has to be some > way to mount this partition as it was cleanly unmounted and the data > copied over with no issues when I was originally doing it. > > Isn't there a way to search for a superblock on the drive and then use > that when attempting to mount the partition? Install app-admin/testdisk, this will allow to find and recreate deleted partition schemes. Good luck, Wonko