Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 7 Feb 2001 18:57:21 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 7 Feb 2001 18:57:02 -0500 Received: from roc-24-95-203-215.rochester.rr.com ([24.95.203.215]:32783 "EHLO d185fcbd7.rochester.rr.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 7 Feb 2001 18:56:59 -0500 Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2001 18:56:40 -0500 From: Chris Mason To: Jeff.McWilliams@acetechnologies.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: reiserfs - problems mounting after power outage Message-ID: <816580000.981590200@tiny> In-Reply-To: <20010207173143.7AC5E1805F@mail.acetechnologies.net> X-Mailer: Mulberry/2.0.6b4 (Linux/x86) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wednesday, February 07, 2001 12:31:43 PM -0500 Jeff McWilliams wrote: > I'm having difficulty mounting a reiserfs partition after a power outage. > > This is 2.4.0-test9 compiled with reiserfs as a module, and Which reiserfs version is this? Upgrading to the reiserfs included in 2.4.1 would be a good plan, there have been a few bug fixes since test9 times (none specfically related to this). > the ide.2.4.0-t9-6.task.0923.path IDE patch - mostly to get updated support for > the 3WARE IDE RAID controller. > If this raid controller has writeback cache, make sure you either have a battery backup for the cache, or have writeback turned off. > /dev/sda is the 3ware escalade raid mirror - two Maxtor 20 gig drives. > > reiserfs is compiled as a module, the distribution is Debian Linux > "Potato" > [ ... ] > The partition I'm having trouble with is /dev/sda7. /dev/sda6 recovered okay. > /dev/sda7 doesn't have a lot of data on it, and I CAN deal with the lost data, > but it doesn't leave me with a very good feeling of confidence in reiserfs > if I can't successfully recover from a power failure. > > > What happens when I type mount /dev/sda7 is this: > > reiserfs: using 3.5.x disk format > reiserfs: checking transaction log (device 08:07) ... > > and then it hangs. I then have to hit the reset button to reboot. > How hung is it? Does the whole system stop, or does this mount just block forever? > I've tried running reiserfsck with --check, --correct-bitmap, > --rebuild-sb, and --rebuild-tree. NO luck there. > These programs also hang? Does reiserfsck (which version BTW) give any output at all? -chris - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/