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

["Rob Keeling" <rob [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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From: "Alex Hudson" <home [at] alexhudson.com>
To: <shef-lug [at] list.sheflug.org.uk>
Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2004 7:42 PM
Subject: Re: [Sheflug] Hard disc failiure on a reiser file system.


> 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 ;)
>
Thinking of taring the / folder, pipeing via ssh to a box with spare space
before shutting down
the machine overnight to see if things improve tomorrow!

guessing I need to skip /proc but thinking of something like

tar cxvO --ignore-failed-read --exclude /proc | ssh remote "cat
>/backup/mailbackup.tar"

would mean I could re-install suse 8.2 and then extract the tar file to put
everything back.

Any thoughts?

Rob Keeling

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