Hello On Fri, 2005-07-01 at 17:06, Flora Dru wrote: > >> > >> our reiserfs partition that holds our institutions mails got corrupted > >> (27GB). > > > > Can you please provide more details? Does it refuse to mount? Do you get > > kernel warnings when you try to access files on it? Did it get > > unreadable blocks? > > > It failed to mount the first time after a on normal shutdown and reboot > that is when my colleague tried to repair using rebuild-tree it failed (i > unfortunately dont know what the errors were). This is when he modified the > fstab, set fs as ext2,
Sorry, I am confused. If filesystem is reiserfs it can not be mounted as ext2. please do cat /proc/mounts and let us know what did it say. Which partition contains reiserfs which got corrupted? Is it root filesystem now? > rebooted and it worked however some of the files and > folders were corrupted with changed strange permissions and owners. See > below: > > ?--xr-S-wx 25390 1701015401 574452853 1747074414 Jul 1 2025 > admin.mak.ac.ug > ?r--rw--w- 14641 741476913 173227333 1162692948 Jun 3 1975 > agric.mak.ac.ug > ?--xr----t 29295 543258944 1933339936 1869572193 Oct 23 2030 > bookshop.mak.ac.ug > br-srw-r-- 17418 925986415 959925040 54, 54 Jan 1 2018 mak.ac.ug > > > > > > Please run > > reiserfsck /dev/sda2 > > and let us know what does it say. > > please make sure that you have the most recent reiserfsck with > > reiserfsck -V. If it is not 3.6.19 - please upgrade: > > ftp://ftp.namesys.com/pub/reiserfsprogs/reiserfsprogs-3.6.19.tar.gz > > > reiserfsck /dev/sdc1 failed when i tried it (thought it was bse bse==because? > the partion > is now read as ext2), unfortunately i cant umount the partition because it > is on a production server and i cant reboot it now. But i will owrk on that > in the nite and post error message. > > My kernel is linux 2.4.19 and reiserfsprogs-3.6.19.tar.gz is recommended for > kernels 2.4.30 or later. Which one would your recommend for my kernel? > When you have chance - upgrade to 2.4.31. > > Thanks again > Florence > >
