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Re: Using xfs_repair for a root filesystem?

To: Walt H <waltabbyh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Using xfs_repair for a root filesystem?
From: Steve Lord <lord@xxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2001 13:16:20 -0600
Cc: Seung-young Oh <so1713@xxxxxxxxx>, linux-xfs <linux-xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx>
In-reply-to: Message from Walt H <waltabbyh@mindspring.com> of "Sun, 28 Oct 2001 07:28:22 PST." <20011028152822.6CFD2816549@walt400.localhost>
Sender: owner-linux-xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx
You can burn the Linuxcare bootable toolbox onto a cdrom - it has xfs
support and is not too big to download.

http://lbt.linuxcare.com

>From this you can mount xfs filesystems, you should be able to run repair
from it as well.

Steve

> Conceivably, you could boot up using some sort of rescue disk with an XFS 
> enabled kernel and run xfs_repair from there. I use Timo's rescue kit which I
>  
> customize with my own XFS aware kernel and the tools on it. It's based on 
> Debian and has some good stuff on it. http://rescuecd.sourceforge.net
> If you've got the SGI installer for Redhat you could probably do it that way 
> too. I don't use Redhat, so I'm not sure / unable to help out there.
> 
> -Walt
> 
> 
> On Sunday 28 October 2001 07:21 am, Seung-young Oh wrote:
> > Hello,
> > If my root filesystem is damaged somehow and I'm asked to unmount the
> > root partition & use xfs_repair, how do I go about it?
> > I've read through some docs on the SGI XFS website, and couldn't locate
> > the answer for it. Am I screwed in this case?
> > I'd appreciate any input. Thank you.



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