civileme wrote: > > Now on Reiser, use the rescue CD to boot, modprobe the reiser stuff then try
what do you mean by "modprobe the reiser stuff"??? Can someone enlighten me here? > reiserfsck > ... > reiserfsck --rebuild-tree > > To do a complete fix if journal playback doesn't do it. > > > So > > ext2--solid > ext3-semi-solid > XFS-improved, need more evidence > JFS-looking awfully good, but needs defrag and needs more experience > Reiser-A very complex system, at least one level of abstraction and code > above the others, and will be great if ever it works fully. > > ALL--An unexpected down can wreak havoc on a disk or on a filesystem. > > ALL-- When things look bad, try alt-sysrq-s alt-sysrq-a alt-sysrq-b to > flush the buffers before reaching for a reset switch... If it doesn't > work, you have lost no more than you would lose, and it if does work, > you will minimize your losses. > > ALL--Data not backed up is data lost. End of story. > > Civileme > Well to be honest I didn't know how to back up mail. Tim Holmes *bless his kind soul* helped me create a Cron script to do so...for future. Its the only thing I do keep on there I want!;p Thx Civilme. Useful info as usual. And as an aside, I liked reiser for its speed. Ext2 seems turtlish in comparison. Haven't tried it in 8.2. Is it diff/faster now? Thx Femme ---- Good Decisions You boss Made: "We'll do as you suggest and go with Linux. I've always liked that character from Peanuts." - Source: Dilbert
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