On Tue April 3 2007 12:08, Jay Smith wrote: <snip> > This problem happened right after the latest hard > reboot. Any ideas as to what might fix it? I really don't want to have to > reinstall. Thanks all.
Hi Jay, There's nothing "weird" about it... the filesystem has not been shut down correctly. When this happens, temporary files are not cleaned up, open files are left open instead of being properly closed and in-process writes-to-disk are truncated and files lost or corrupted. You really should have dealt with the overheating problem as soon as you diagnosed it instead of suffering through "20" hard reboots. They *can* and do frequently damage installations and cause data loss. Google, 'man' and 'info' really are your friends in this case, I'm afraid. The recovery process is detailed, can be tedious and is usually fraught with caveats and pitfalls. That's why so much time, effort and trouble go into a) employing regular backups and/or b) implementing technologies like mirroring and RAID. Fortunately, it is also extremely well documented in your 'user guide' or 'reference book' or 'admin guide'... whatever they're calling it these days. You can also search the SUSE mailing list archives here: opensuse: http://marc.info/?l=opensuse&r=1&w=2 suse-linux-e: http://marc.info/?l=suse-linux-e&r=1&w=2 Look for threads containing phrases like 'power failure', 'rescue mode', 'repair system', etc. There's a wealth of help maintained there for just these kinds of circumstances. hth & good luck! Carl -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
