Date: Fri, 4 Jun 1999 21:58:07 +0100 (BST) From: Kiril Mitev <kiril@ideaglobal.com> To: Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca Cc: kiril@ideaglobal.com, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: vinum disk has gone AWOL, help! Message-ID: <199906042058.VAA19464@ideaglobal.com> In-Reply-To: <199906042014.NAA49261@passer.osg.gov.bc.ca> from "Cy Schubert" at Jun 4, 99 01:13:41 pm
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That looks like it might actually fix it, unless there more corruption somewhere thanks, thanks, thanks Kiril > > Try fsck -b 32 <filesystem>. > > If that fails, try fsck -b <another number> <filesystem>. To get > the other block numbers for alternate superblocks, use newfs -N, > which will go through all of the motions of creating a filesystem, > e.g. print the superblock numbers, without actually creating a > filesystem. If this fails, you're pretty much hosed. > > > Regards, Phone: (250)387-8437 > Cy Schubert Fax: (250)387-5766 > Open Systems Group Internet: Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca > ITSD Cy.Schubert@gems8.gov.bc.ca > Province of BC > "e**(i*pi)+1=0" > > In message <199906041920.UAA17798@ideaglobal.com>, Kiril Mitev > writes: > > (Sorry if this is more appropriate for -questions...) > > > > > > after my last reboot, which was NOT a panic or anything like that > > my vinum volume sort of disappeared... > > > > vinum itself is still happy, and a listing shows all my > > bits & pieces, up to the volume level as OK. > > > > however, mount/fsck attempts come up with > > errors like this: > > > > # fsck /dev/vinum/rmassive > > ** /dev/vinum/rmassive > > BAD SUPER BLOCK: MAGIC NUMBER WRONG > > /dev/vinum/rmassive: NOT LABELED AS A BSD FILE SYSTEM (unused) > > > > _I_ havent touched anything, so it seems like something really > > bad has happened. > > > > Can anyone suggest a way/hack to recover the damn disk? Its > > a desperete situation :-(), so even desperate suggestion > > will be appreciated. (i.e., is it possible to hack a 'label' > > or an 'id' or something back into the disk. > > > > when a dd from the raw device, i do see something that looks > > like the root directory of the disk, so its not > > as if everything was lost > > > > > > -uname- (If it makes any difference) > > > > FreeBSD loki 3.2-RELEASE FreeBSD 3.2-RELEASE #0: Tue Jun 1 18:59:38 GMT 1999 > > root@loki:/usr/src/sys/compile/LOKI i386 > > > > > > TIA > > > > Kiril > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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