[nzlug] Big Problem... ReiserFS

[Peter Harrison]

On Wed, 2006-08-23 at 10:32 +1200, Dave Lane wrote:
> Hi Peter,
> 
> Bummer.  What do your partitions look like?  Do you have separate / and 
> /var partitions? 

One / partition, and a /home partition

>  You could boot into single user mode (are you using 
> Grub or Lilo?

Grub...

>  in Grub, just edit the boot string to add an "s" at the 
> end of it and boot, you'll come up in single user mode) where you should 
> be able unmount the relevant partition and run reiserfsck...

I'll give this a go.

> Alternatively, and perhaps more straightforward, I'm sure you could 
> acquire a live Ubuntu CD or a Knoppix CD from somewhere with a suitably 
> current instant of reiserfsck on it, boot into the live CD linux, and 
> run reiserfsck on the affected partition.

I tried Knoppix 3.3. Knoppix can see the partition, and even access the
partition in the GUI after mounting it. However, if I unmount it and run
reiserfsck on it I get "cannot open device". Perhaps its not recent
enough...

> Hope that helps!

Alas I don't have a Ubuntu Live CD - although I suppose I could download
and cut a copy.