Hi,

On Thursday 15 August 2002 22:07, Gerrit Hannaert wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I recently noticed some errors in my system log, and had already found a
> directory with a few files in it which could not be deleted. So I
> downloaded the newest reiserfs tools, compiled them and had a shot at
> reiserfsck --fix-fixable. Big mistake. My 60GB filesystem had gone from

why did you decided to run fix-fixable? You run --check just before it
and it said to run --fix-fixable or what?

> slightly corrupt to becoming completely unmountable by doing this.
>
> Some further analysis led me to the conclusion that *all* fields for nlink
> had become '0' (something I suppose shouldn't happen).

Did reiserfsck finish its work or (was)stopped/failed?

> reiserfsprogs 3.6.3
> filesystem version 3.6, created with something from 2.4.16 to .18
> gcc used to compile: version 3.1.1 20020722 (prerelease) (SuSE Linux)
> kernel 2.4.19 (compiled with same gcc)
>
> What went wrong here?
> Will reiserfsck --rebuild-tree fix this? Or is the error some compilation
> thing? What are my chances to recover the filesystem?

Chances are good. No data ware lost and I am checking how reiserfsck handle 
direcory nlinks now. 

-- 

Thanks,
Vitaly Fertman

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