Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2001 10:52:06 -0500 From: Michael Lucas <mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org> To: Stan Brown <stanb@panix.com> Cc: Free BSD Questions list <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: 2bd request, help with older softupdates filesystem Message-ID: <20011217105206.A73731@blackhelicopters.org> In-Reply-To: <200112171533.fBHFXZs24781@panix3.panix.com>; from stanb@panix.com on Mon, Dec 17, 2001 at 10:33:35AM -0500 References: <200112171533.fBHFXZs24781@panix3.panix.com>
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It might be softupdates, but not likely. Search the freebsd-fs archives for some discussion of this error. Here's a couple of things you can try. fsck only the /usr partition; you can find out which partition is /usr by checking /etc/fstab. For example, my laptop's /usr partition is /dev/ad0s1f. fsck /dev/ad0s1f You might also try using a -b flag to fsck to have it try an alternate superblock. Once you have /usr fsck'd, mount /usr read-only. run "/bin/sh /etc/netstart" to bring up your network interface. You can then FTP/scp your files out. Good luck! On Mon, Dec 17, 2001 at 10:33:35AM -0500, Stan Brown wrote: > I posted this yesterday, but go no replies. > > Sorry for the repost, but I really neeed some advice here. > > I have a machien that has been runing for a long time with a large quantity > of data on it (It's a webserver). It's running 3.4 STABLE (yes I know I > should have updateetd). > > It crashed, and on the way up when it tried to run fsck on the /var > partition (IDE drive) it failed. > > I went inot single user and tries to run: > > fsck -y /dev//wd0s1e > > I got a buch of correctinos, nut it finally stoped with. > > fsck: Cannot find inode 252 > > What can I do to get this system up long enough to get the data off of it? > > Is it likely this is a genuine disk problem, or is it possible this is a > softupdates problem? > > This partiton BTW is /var, so I'm hoping the /usr partiton, where the data > is is recoverable! > > -- > "They that would give up essential liberty for temporary safety deserve > neither liberty nor safety." > -- Benjamin Franklin > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Michael Lucas mwlucas@FreeBSD.org, mwlucas@BlackHelicopters.org my FreeBSD column: http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/q/Big_Scary_Daemons http://www.blackhelicopters.org/~mwlucas/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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