A. Khattri wrote: >On Sun, 3 Jul 2005, Ian K wrote: > > > >>ReiserFS: hda4: Using rd5 hash to sort names >>VFS: Cannot open root device "hda4" or unknown-block(3,4) >>Please append a correct "root=" boot option >>Kernel Panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on >>unknown-block(3,4) >> >>So you know: >>hda1 = NTFS >>hda2 = boot >>hda3 = swap >>hda4 = root >> >>I need lots of help! >>Thanks! >>Ian >> >>PS>> If I need to wipe Gentoo, is there any way to recover some >>important files of >>mine? It said 'fsck?' does this mean it could be recoverable? Again, my >>higher priority >> >> > >I boot off the LiveCD then run fsck on the partitions: > ># fsck -y /dev/hda4 > >If it successfully fixes it then you can reboot (remove CD) hopefully back >into Linux. > > > > > Here are the results:
# fsck -y /dev/hda4 ####### reiserfsck ####### Replaying Journal.. Reiserfs journal '/dev/hda4' in blocks [18.8211]: 0 transactions replayed Checking internal tree../ 1 (of 4)block 32866; The level of the node (28521) is not correct, (3) expected. the problem in the internal node occured (32866), whole subtree is skipped finished Comparing bitmaps..vpf-10640: The on-disk and the correct bitmaps differs. Bad nodes were found, Semantic pass skipped 1 found corruptions can be fixed only when running with --rebuild-tree ####### reiserfsck finished <date> ####### Thats the output. Thanks!
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