> I'm having difficulty mounting a reiserfs partition after a power outage.
>
> This is 2.4.0-test9 compiled with reiserfs as a module, and
Which reiserfs version is this? Upgrading to the reiserfs included in 2.4.1 would be a good plan, there have been a few bug fixes since test9 times (none specfically related to this).
> the ide.2.4.0-t9-6.task.0923.path IDE patch - mostly to get updated support for
> the 3WARE IDE RAID controller.
>
If this raid controller has writeback cache, make sure you either have a battery backup for the cache, or have writeback turned off.
> /dev/sda is the 3ware escalade raid mirror - two Maxtor 20 gig drives.
>
> reiserfs is compiled as a module, the distribution is Debian Linux
> "Potato"
>
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> The partition I'm having trouble with is /dev/sda7. /dev/sda6 recovered okay.
> /dev/sda7 doesn't have a lot of data on it, and I CAN deal with the lost data,
> but it doesn't leave me with a very good feeling of confidence in reiserfs
> if I can't successfully recover from a power failure.
>
>
> What happens when I type mount /dev/sda7 is this:
>
> reiserfs: using 3.5.x disk format
> reiserfs: checking transaction log (device 08:07) ...
>
> and then it hangs. I then have to hit the reset button to reboot.
>
How hung is it? Does the whole system stop, or does this mount just block forever?
> I've tried running reiserfsck with --check, --correct-bitmap,
> --rebuild-sb, and --rebuild-tree. NO luck there.
>
These programs also hang? Does reiserfsck (which version BTW) give any output at all?
-chris
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