NB - have run these commands from a Suse terminal: P4-2656:~ # fsck.reiserfs /mnt/hda6 reiserfsck 3.6.9 (2003 www.namesys.com) ************************************************************* ** If you are using the latest reiserfsprogs and it fails ** ** please email bug reports to [EMAIL PROTECTED], ** ** 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 /mnt/hda6 Will put log info to 'stdout' Do you want to run this program?[N/Yes] (note need to type Yes if you do):Yes bread: Cannot read the block (2): (Is a directory). reiserfs_open: bread failed reading block 2 bread: Cannot read the block (16): (Is a directory). reiserfs_open: bread failed reading block 16 reiserfs_open: the reiserfs superblock cannot be found on /mnt/hda6. Failed to open the filesystem. If the partition table has not been changed, and the partition is valid and it really contains a reiserfs partition, then the superblock is corrupted and you need to run this utility with --rebuild-sb. Aborted
P4-2656:~ # fsck.reiserfs /mnt/hda6 --rebuild-sb reiserfsck 3.6.9 (2003 www.namesys.com) ************************************************************* ** If you are using the latest reiserfsprogs and it fails ** ** please email bug reports to [EMAIL PROTECTED], ** ** 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 check superblock and rebuild it if needed Will put log info to 'stdout' Do you want to run this program?[N/Yes] (note need to type Yes if you do):Yes bread: Cannot read the block (2): (Is a directory). reiserfs_open: bread failed reading block 2 bread: Cannot read the block (16): (Is a directory). reiserfs_open: bread failed reading block 16 reiserfs_open: the reiserfs superblock cannot be found on /mnt/hda6. super.c 333 rebuild_sb rebuils_sb: cannot open device /mnt/hda6 Gentoo booted, but alerted me to compile in DFVFS (?) & turn hdd DMA on. Then it gave warnings about its ReiserFS partition, offering root login for maintenance or Ctrl-D for normal startup. After root login I got similar results as above, so I tried it again from Suse mounted. =X! Seems I need write permission to the Gentoo ReiserFS drive first? (Next I would just try booting Gentoo normal startup anyway .. ?) -- InfoHelp Services http://www.infohelp.co.nz.linux.html i686 2.4.21-215-default Suse Linux 9.0, Gnome 2.2.2, OpenOffice 1.1.0, Evolution 1.4.4, Mozilla 1.4.2
