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PenguinPwrdBox · 08-26-2004, 03:08 PM

#$*(&#%$&*@#$^@))#%$Y)@!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Alright.
Last resort.
Have any explosives?

PenguinPwrdBox · 08-26-2004, 03:09 PM

Seriously.
Here is a thought - I dunno if it works - but you can try it.....

Code:

file /dev/hdb1

See if it gives you the format.....ext2, 3, reiser, etc........

Crunch · 08-26-2004, 03:13 PM

I'm not sure if this is correct, although you might want to try it. Try rummaging through /dev to see if you can find anything relating to your /dev/hdbX, or /dev/hdaX. (X meaning the partition number.)

Example:

Quote:

$ mount /dev/hdb5 /mnt/backup

Or whatever the case might be.
Something like this happened to me before. It was odd, some how the partition name was changed and it ended up being hdb5 for some odd reason. You might want to check it out.

PenguinPwrdBox · 08-26-2004, 03:16 PM

And here comes crunch - with sumpin' I forgot about....
I have had that same issue - def try that.......do this:

Code:

ls /mnt/hdb

Such a good idea - I feel like a moron - lol

ZaphyR · 08-27-2004, 12:11 AM

thanks guys for all the suggestions. im back at work now, so ill have to try it when come home later on

ZaphyR · 08-27-2004, 07:09 AM

ok, here is what i get

Quote:

Seriously.
Here is a thought - I dunno if it works - but you can try it.....

code:
file /dev/hdb1

See if it gives you the format.....ext2, 3, reiser, etc........

result

Code:

# file /dev/hdb1
/dev/hdb1: block special (3/65)

Quote:

I'm not sure if this is correct, although you might want to try it. Try rummaging through /dev to see if you can find anything relating to your /dev/hdbX, or /dev/hdaX. (X meaning the partition number.)

Example:

quote:

$ mount /dev/hdb5 /mnt/backup

Or whatever the case might be.
Something like this happened to me before. It was odd, some how the partition name was changed and it ended up being hdb5 for some odd reason. You might want to check it out.

result

there is no folders named hdbX, but there are some files called hdb, hdb1, hdb2 and so on up to hdb63

Quote:

And here comes crunch - with sumpin' I forgot about....
I have had that same issue - def try that.......do this:

code:
ls /mnt/hdb

Such a good idea - I feel like a moron - lol

result

Code:

# ls /mnt/hdb
/bin/ls: /mnt/hdb: No such file or directory

so im still in the dark....

PenguinPwrdBox · 08-27-2004, 08:57 AM

Sorry dude - forgot the all important *

Code:

ls /dev/hdb*

Try mounting individually......

ZaphyR · 08-27-2004, 01:43 PM

i get this result

Code:

# ls /dev/hdb*
/dev/hdb    /dev/hdb19  /dev/hdb29  /dev/hdb39  /dev/hdb49  /dev/hdb59
/dev/hdb1   /dev/hdb2   /dev/hdb3   /dev/hdb4   /dev/hdb5   /dev/hdb6
/dev/hdb10  /dev/hdb20  /dev/hdb30  /dev/hdb40  /dev/hdb50  /dev/hdb60
/dev/hdb11  /dev/hdb21  /dev/hdb31  /dev/hdb41  /dev/hdb51  /dev/hdb61
/dev/hdb12  /dev/hdb22  /dev/hdb32  /dev/hdb42  /dev/hdb52  /dev/hdb62
/dev/hdb13  /dev/hdb23  /dev/hdb33  /dev/hdb43  /dev/hdb53  /dev/hdb63
/dev/hdb14  /dev/hdb24  /dev/hdb34  /dev/hdb44  /dev/hdb54  /dev/hdb7
/dev/hdb15  /dev/hdb25  /dev/hdb35  /dev/hdb45  /dev/hdb55  /dev/hdb8
/dev/hdb16  /dev/hdb26  /dev/hdb36  /dev/hdb46  /dev/hdb56  /dev/hdb9
/dev/hdb17  /dev/hdb27  /dev/hdb37  /dev/hdb47  /dev/hdb57
/dev/hdb18  /dev/hdb28  /dev/hdb38  /dev/hdb48  /dev/hdb58

am i supposed to mount all of these?

PenguinPwrdBox · 08-27-2004, 02:36 PM

Alright - I'm getting tired of this thread, so let's fix it already, eh?

Do this:

Code:

zaphyr@suse$ su
Password:
root@suse# fdisk /dev/hdb
Command (m for help): p

Disk /dev/hdb: 80.0 GB, 80026361856 bytes
240 heads, 63 sectors/track, 10337 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 15120 * 512 = 7741440 bytes

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/hdb1   *           1          65      491368+  83  Linux
/dev/hdb2              66       10337    77656320    5  Extended
/dev/hdb5              66         131      498928+  82  Linux swap
/dev/hdb6             132       10337    77157328+  83  Linux

Command (m for help):q
root@suse#

Find in that list (the one that prints on your box) the partition closest in size you the one you are trying to recover. Attempt to mount it using the fs specified. If this doesn't work, we are indeed moving onto recovery options.........

ZaphyR · 08-27-2004, 03:41 PM

well if you are tired of, imagine what i am...

this is what i get

Code:

# fdisk /dev/hdb

The number of cylinders for this disk is set to 14593.
There is nothing wrong with that, but this is larger than 1024,
and could in certain setups cause problems with:
1) software that runs at boot time (e.g., old versions of LILO)
2) booting and partitioning software from other OSs
   (e.g., DOS FDISK, OS/2 FDISK)

Command (m for help): p

Disk /dev/hdb: 120.0 GB, 120034123776 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 14593 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/hdb1               1       14592   117210208+  83  Linux

Command (m for help): q

then i should mount it....i still get error

Code:

# mount -t reiserfs /dev/hdb1 /mnt/backup
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hdb1,
       or too many mounted file systems

i even tried with

Code:

# mount -t linux /dev/hdb1 /mnt/backup
mount: fs type linux not supported by kernel

so recovery then??

ZaphyR · 08-29-2004, 06:29 AM

does anybody know any good apps i can use for recovery?

lone_nut · 08-29-2004, 10:43 AM

Just a thought, are you sure you used reiserfs as you filesystem?
try atleast the following filesystems:

msdos
reiserfs
vfat

ext2

ext3

just those i could come upwith.

ZaphyR · 08-29-2004, 12:39 PM

oh, yes im positive it is reiserfs

but thanks anyway

scuffell · 08-29-2004, 02:30 PM

If you can, download a copy of Knoppix 2.6 (under Download Linux on this website), burn it to disk, boot it up (it's a LiveCD), and it should mount all of your filesystems. When it finishes booting, move all your files to hda, and then re-install SuSE on hdb.

kevinalm · 08-29-2004, 03:56 PM

What's happened is that the fs on hdb1 is suffering from some degree of corruption. That's why mount fails. The good news is that you may be able to recover with the fs appropriate fsck command, most likely something like:

fsck.reiserfs /dev/hdb1

The actual name of the command varies with the distro. (reiserfsck, fsck.reiser, etc.) The bad news is that while reiser is very resistant to powerfailure corruption, when reiser does fail, it tends to go down _hard_. Good luck.