Re: [Sheflug] Hard disc failiure on a reiser file system.

[Alex Hudson <home [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 2004-08-10 at 19:35 +0100, Rob Keeling wrote:
> I have started to see messages like :-
>  
> Aug 10 19:24:51 mail kernel: hda: dma_intr: error=0x40
> { UncorrectableError }, LBAsect=2421646, high=0, low=2421646,
> sector=365320
>  
> My guess is that things have cooked temp wise, but the question is,
> whats the best way of recovering from this,

Backup the data immediately and replace the HD. I also wouldn't turn off
the machine until you're sure you've got your data off it; the HD might
not come back ;)

> is the for example a reiser equivelent of fsck, and how do I use it?

reiser journals, so it automatically checks when it mounts. There is a
fsck.reiserfs too. None of this is going to help you in any likelyhood,
however.

> Although I have backups of most of the critical data, I don`t really
> want to re-build this server tomorrow!

I think that's a forlorn wish, I'm afraid.

Cheers,

Alex.

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