hi Brice,
On Dec 14, 7:08pm, Brice Ruth wrote:
> Subject: Help ... missing directory
> Let me preface this message: I'm DESPERATE
>
> OK, that being said, here goes:
>
> My setup:
> SMP i686 (PIII) running linux-2.4-xfs from CVS updated 12/11/2000 around
> 9pm (CST).
>
> I have a 20GB ide disk dedicated to XFS. The main use of the disk is as
> a shared drive (via Appletalk) to our small group of designers. Late
> this evening (about an hour ago) a designer noticed a directory missing
> from the share. I logged into the server, did an ls of the share and
> sure enough, the directory was gone.
> ...
> Obviously these aren't entries from XFS, they're from netatalk. What I
> need to know is if there is ANY (I truly mean *ANY*) way to turn back
> the clock. I'm not familiar enough with the XFS tools to play around
> with them without fear of trashing something else. I tried to use
> xfs_logprint, but wasn't able to actually understand anything.
>
I think the best thing you can do is unmount the filesystem
and run xfs_repair(8) on the block device. Use the -n option
(no writes) at first to see whether it is going to do anything.
If xfs_repair shows no fs corruption, I don't think there's much
else you can do. If the directory was somehow corrupted, then
xfs_repair will move its disconnected children into the
/lost+found directory, and you could still have everything else
intact.
hope this helps.
cheers.
--
Nathan
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