Re: Reiserfsck can't fix FS - part 2

[Thomas Raschbacher]

On Thu, December 22, 2005 14:38, Vladimir V. Saveliev said:
> Hello
>
> Thomas Raschbacher wrote:
>> hmm.. "safe links" ?? u as in 'ln' ?
>>
>
> no. "safe links" are internal reiserfs things which indicate that there is
> something which has to be done with filesystem on mount. In your case
> crash
> happens handling those safe links.  Stack trace also shows that xattr code
> is
> involved.
>
ok makes sense
>> i can recompile my kernel anytime ..
>
> Please recompile the kernel without xattr. If mount will work - then we
> have
> figured out that something is wrong with xattrs removal.
>
i will do so
>> i'll just feel a lot better if i get
>> a chance to back up my > 8GB digital photographs first .. :D
>
> You said that you mounted it read-only. Were you able to read the data?
>
yes i backed up almost all my data already.