On Sun, May 27, 2001 at 03:07:55PM -0500, glenn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > Yes that is the main problem with running any of the xfs utils
> > on a non xfs kernel.
> > Running xfs_repair with a non block set size capable kernel
> > probably caused more damage to your file system
> > than originally had.
>
> I'd suggest a few sanity checks, then--if the program's running
> on a kernel that can't do so safely, warn loudly and require a --force,
> since this isn't obvious.
>
> > I would grab the boot.img from the 1.0 installer on the ftp site and
> > use that kernel + xfs_repair on a floppy.
>
> > The 1.0 installer iso can be used for repair as is has xfs_repair in
> > the second stage.
>
> I'll give them a try. Thanks.
That worked; only a few dozen files were nuked, none of which were
important. Thanks.
*mutter* Past time to upgrade that kernel ...
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Glenn Maynard
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