On Saturday 24 July 2010 21:57:38 KH wrote: > Hi there, > > my server was running strait for 8 month now. I did updates regularly > but still used an 2.6.2x kernel. Never switched it of. Now someone from > houskeeping pulled the plug for the vacuum cleaner ... > > Anyway the box won't boot anymore. grub starts up. Kernel boots. Then > there is checking root file system (or something like that).The message > is that my ext2 file system can not be read. That I might want to try > the alternativ superblock by running #e2fsck -b 8193 <device> > > Well, I put the hdd in an external usb and conected it to my > workstation. As I thought hda3 (is /dev/sde3) is an ext3 filesystem. > Also badblocks and e2fsck did not show any problem with the hdd. > > /etc/fstab is corect (i hope), too. > > What am I missing? How can I get the server running, again?
You said you ran e2fsck and it was OK. What was the command? Normally with an e2fsck on a journalled fs, the app will replay the journal and make a few minor checks. This takes about 4 seconds, not the 40 minutes it takes to do a ful ext2 check. I think you might need to fsck without the journal. I know there's a way to do this but a cursory glance at the man page didn't reveal it. Maybe an ext user will chip in with the correct method -- alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com
