Re: Filesystem recovery with ReiserFS

2004-08-17 Thread Alvin Oga
On Tue, 17 Aug 2004, Will Trillich wrote: whether *fsck works or not is a separate issue but critcal issue if your data is critical > ext2fs (ext3fs) sucky e2fsck > xfs xfs_check > jfs jfs_fsck add reiserfsck and for guess which fs type > nfs not a filesystem c ya alvin -- To UNSUBSC

Re: Filesystem recovery with ReiserFS

2004-08-17 Thread Will Trillich
On Mon, Aug 16 at 02:43PM -0700, Marc Wilson wrote: > On Mon, Aug 16, 2004 at 12:47:10AM -0500, Will Trillich wrote: > > - is there significant reason to shun reiserfs? > > - what's the optimal/recommended recovery method? > > Best reason to shun it is that when the filesystem inevitably > goes ba

Re: Filesystem recovery with ReiserFS

2004-08-16 Thread Marc Wilson
On Mon, Aug 16, 2004 at 12:47:10AM -0500, Will Trillich wrote: > - is there significant reason to shun reiserfs? > - what's the optimal/recommended recovery method? Not from me, huh? Best reason to shun it is that when the filesystem inevitably goes bad (*all* do, not just reiser), the recovery t

Re: Filesystem recovery with ReiserFS

2004-08-16 Thread Alvin Oga
On Mon, 16 Aug 2004, Will Trillich wrote: > i'd still love to see an informed answer (i.e. not from marc > wilson) on why reiserfs should be avoided. the instance > discussed here may not have been recovered using the best means, > i don't know. but blanket assertions (avoid it) and emotional >

Filesystem recovery with ReiserFS

2004-08-15 Thread Will Trillich
On Fri, Aug 13 at 08:52PM +0800, Katipo wrote: > Marc Wilson wrote: > >On Thu, Aug 12, 2004 at 11:23:28AM -0400, James Herschel wrote: > >>What should I do next time? > > > >Not use reiserfs. > > What's wrong with reiserfs? > I've been running it for three years without a hiccup. i'd still love

Re: What did I do wrong? (Filesystem recovery with ReiserFS)

2004-08-14 Thread John Summerfield
James Herschel wrote: Why on earth would Reiserfs be in the Kernel for as long as it has if it wasn't any good? reiserfs was in the kernel (and supported by other distros) for quite a while before Red Hat thought it safe to use. Ditto LVM. I find Knoppix to be a great tool when a system is unb

Re: What did I do wrong? (Filesystem recovery with ReiserFS)

2004-08-13 Thread Marc Wilson
On Fri, Aug 13, 2004 at 10:41:34AM -0400, James Herschel wrote: > Why on earth would Reiserfs be in the Kernel for as long as it has if it > wasn't any good? Why are all sorts of things in the kernel? Because someone wants them there. The userland reisertools suck. Oh, wait, you already found

Re: What did I do wrong? (Filesystem recovery with ReiserFS)

2004-08-13 Thread James Herschel
Why on earth would Reiserfs be in the Kernel for as long as it has if it wasn't any good? I find Knoppix to be a great tool when a system is unbootable, and it's normally not a good idea (very bad) to run an fsck on a mounted partition. Thanks for your completely useless feedback. Marc Wilson w

Re: What did I do wrong? (Filesystem recovery with ReiserFS)

2004-08-13 Thread Katipo
Marc Wilson wrote: On Thu, Aug 12, 2004 at 11:23:28AM -0400, James Herschel wrote: What should I do next time? Not use reiserfs. What's wrong with reiserfs? I've been running it for three years without a hiccup. Regards, David. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subjec

Re: What did I do wrong? (Filesystem recovery with ReiserFS)

2004-08-12 Thread Marc Wilson
On Thu, Aug 12, 2004 at 11:23:28AM -0400, James Herschel wrote: > I rebooted my server one day to find that I needed to run reiserfsck. > So I booted up my trusty copy of Knoppix and ran it. It said that I > needed to run --rebuild-tree, so I did. One has to wonder why you felt you needed to b

What did I do wrong? (Filesystem recovery with ReiserFS)

2004-08-12 Thread James Herschel
Hello, I rebooted my server one day to find that I needed to run reiserfsck. So I booted up my trusty copy of Knoppix and ran it. It said that I needed to run --rebuild-tree, so I did. Problem was that even though all the files were recovered, they were all recovered to meaningless directorie