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From: Andreas Dilger <adilger@turbolinux.com>
To: MC_Vai <estoy@ver.megared.net.mx>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Massive Corruption
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 09:50:16 -0700 (MST)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <200102271650.f1RGoGr27040@webber.adilger.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20010226181009.B25911@lapurapus.ver.megared.net.mx> from MC_Vai at "Feb 26, 2001 06:10:09 pm"

MC Vai writes:
> 	I have a problem with my filesystem, the kernel panics
> 	as soon as it tries to mount the root filesystem.
> 
> 	I guess it is because of the IDE bug in the driver
> 	Russell found, but he (Russell) suggest me to post
> 	my message here.
> 
> 	What I've tried up to now:
> 	~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 	% e2fsck -B 4096 /dev/<part>
> 	% e2fsck -B 8192 /dev/<part>
> 	... (16384, 32768, etc.)
> 
> 	% e2fsck -b 4097 /dev/<part>
> 	% e2fsck -b 8193 /dev/<part>
> 	... (16385, 32769, etc.)

There is a tool called gpart which will search a disk for filesystem
headers and such, and will optionally re-build your partition table
(if it is corrupted).  You should give it a try.

Cheers, Andreas
-- 
Andreas Dilger  \ "If a man ate a pound of pasta and a pound of antipasto,
                 \  would they cancel out, leaving him still hungry?"
http://www-mddsp.enel.ucalgary.ca/People/adilger/               -- Dogbert

  reply	other threads:[~2001-02-27 16:51 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2001-02-27  0:10 Massive Corruption MC_Vai
2001-02-27 16:50 ` Andreas Dilger [this message]
2001-02-27 17:18   ` MC_Vai

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