[cwelug] rebuilding /var on Ubuntu 10.04
How would one go about rebuilding /var? I have a server running Ubuntu 10.04 with /var on an LVM. The original size of /var was about 30 GB, so I tried to expand it by first expanding the logical volume (lvresize --size 500G) and then resizing the filesystem (resize2fs). Expanding the logical volume went well. Resizing the filesystem, not so well. I don't recall the error message and it has since fallen off the scroll history, but resize2fs complained of running out of something and couldn't resize. So, I unmounted /var and ran the requisite e2fsck. Errors galore. Here's a small sample: quote e2fsck 1.41.11 (14-Mar-2010) e2fsck: Group descriptors look bad... trying backup blocks... Superblock has an invalid journal (inode 8). Clear? yes *** ext3 journal has been deleted - filesystem is now ext2 only *** Block bitmap for group 0 is not in group. (block 876163123) Relocate? yes Inode table for group 0 is not in group. (block 0) WARNING: SEVERE DATA LOSS POSSIBLE. Relocate? yes One or more block group descriptor checksums are invalid. Fix? yes ... /quote After it finished and I remounted it, the only thing on /var was lost+found. That means my logs, lockfiles, pids, dpkg database, etc. are all gone. The good news is that with a bit of luck I have recreated enough of /var so that I can ssh into it and become root as well as restart all of its services. The other piece of good news is that this machine was in the initial stages of being customized and not in production. The one piece of bad news is that the machine is at a remote datacenter. So plopping in a LiveCD is not a viable option. How do I go about rebuilding /var? One option is that I don't. That is, I move all the services that are running on this foobared machine to another machine and then rebuild the foobared machine (which has its own challenges). But maybe I'm overlooking something simple. Regards, - Robert -- Central West End Linux Users Group (via Google Groups) Main page: http://www.cwelug.org To post: cwelug@googlegroups.com To subscribe: cwelug-subscr...@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe: cwelug-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com More options: http://groups.google.com/group/cwelug
[cwelug] Meeting Sunday conflicts with Air Show at ScottAFB
now, i don't give a tinker's damn, as my grandpappy would've said, but some of you might. if you do, tell me know i'll push it back another week. otherwise, i think we're still on for Sunday at Arch Reactor. scott -- R. Scott Granneman sc...@granneman.com ~ www.granneman.com ~ granneman.tel Full list of publications @ http://www.granneman.com/publications My new book: Google Apps Deciphered @ http://www.granneman.com/books After two days in the hospital, I took a turn for the nurse. ---W.C. Fields -- Central West End Linux Users Group (via Google Groups) Main page: http://www.cwelug.org To post: cwelug@googlegroups.com To subscribe: cwelug-subscr...@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe: cwelug-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com More options: http://groups.google.com/group/cwelug
Re: [cwelug] Meeting Sunday conflicts with Air Show at ScottAFB
Arch Reactor.? On Sep 8, 2010, at 10:39 AM, Scott Granneman wrote: now, i don't give a tinker's damn, as my grandpappy would've said, but some of you might. if you do, tell me know i'll push it back another week. otherwise, i think we're still on for Sunday at Arch Reactor. scott -- R. Scott Granneman sc...@granneman.com ~ www.granneman.com ~ granneman.tel Full list of publications @ http://www.granneman.com/publications My new book: Google Apps Deciphered @ http://www.granneman.com/books After two days in the hospital, I took a turn for the nurse. ---W.C. Fields -- Central West End Linux Users Group (via Google Groups) Main page: http://www.cwelug.org To post: cwelug@googlegroups.com To subscribe: cwelug-subscr...@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe: cwelug-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com More options: http://groups.google.com/group/cwelug -- Central West End Linux Users Group (via Google Groups) Main page: http://www.cwelug.org To post: cwelug@googlegroups.com To subscribe: cwelug-subscr...@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe: cwelug-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com More options: http://groups.google.com/group/cwelug
Re: [cwelug] Meeting Sunday conflicts with Air Show at ScottAFB
I won't be going to the air show, so I'm good for Sunday CWELUG at A.R. --Don Ellis On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 10:39 AM, Scott Granneman sc...@granneman.com wrote: now, i don't give a tinker's damn, as my grandpappy would've said, but some of you might. if you do, tell me know i'll push it back another week. otherwise, i think we're still on for Sunday at Arch Reactor. scott -- R. Scott Granneman sc...@granneman.com ~ www.granneman.com ~ granneman.tel Full list of publications @ http://www.granneman.com/publications My new book: Google Apps Deciphered @ http://www.granneman.com/books After two days in the hospital, I took a turn for the nurse. ---W.C. Fields -- Central West End Linux Users Group (via Google Groups) Main page: http://www.cwelug.org To post: cwelug@googlegroups.com To subscribe: cwelug-subscr...@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe: cwelug-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com More options: http://groups.google.com/group/cwelug -- Central West End Linux Users Group (via Google Groups) Main page: http://www.cwelug.org To post: cwelug@googlegroups.com To subscribe: cwelug-subscr...@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe: cwelug-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com More options: http://groups.google.com/group/cwelug
