Hello On Tue, 2006-04-11 at 01:12 -0700, Tyler Phelps wrote: > My questions (and all of the diagnostic information provided) revolve > around a specific process of reiserfsck, using the version that I > specified, which is still running. The only way that I can try a new > version is to abort the current fsck operation... doing that > essentially invalidates all of the questions that I've asked. >
> 1. Is it normal for pass 2 of the --rebuild-tree operation to stay > at the same "progress" for more than 24 hours? > 2. Is it normal for the reiserfsck operation to use significant CPU > resources while I/O activity is minimal? 1-2: It is not normal but possible. Old reiserfsck (like the one you are using) was extremly inefficient in some (rare) kind of corruptions). > 3. For a filesystem of such size, is it reasonable for the fsck to > take many days to complete? Unfortunately, currently, reiserfsck takes a long time on big filesystems. > 4. How long do you recommend that I leave it in this state before > aborting the fsck? I would recommend you to abort it and try ftp://ftp.namesys.com/pub/tmp/reiserfsprogs-3.6.20.tar.gz > I'm reluctant to abort the current process. My primary reason for > this is that I have no way of knowing if aborting the current fsck > will cause further damage. After all, the man page states, "Once > reiserfsck --rebuild-tree is started it must finish its work (and you > should not interrupt it), otherwise the filesystem will be left in > the unmountable state to avoid subsequent data corruptions." Second, > I don't know if anything is even wrong with the way that things are > "progressing" with the current process... hence the reason for my > original questions. > > -Tyler > > On Apr 11, 2006, at 12:21 AM, Sander wrote: > > > Tyler Phelps wrote (ao): > >> Package: reiserfsprogs > >> Version: 1:3.6.17-2 > > > > Can you try a newer version? > > ftp://ftp.namesys.com/pub/reiserfsprogs/reiserfsprogs-3.6.19.tar.gz > > > > According to http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?t=114235160800008&r=1&w=2 > > 3.6.20 also exist, but I cant find it. > > > > Good luck, Sander > > > > -- > > Humilis IT Services and Solutions > > http://www.humilis.net > >
