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
