Re: Errors mounting xfs file system

[Dave Chinner <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, Aug 06, 2011 at 08:01:42PM +1000, Warrick Howieson wrote:
> Hi:
> 
> I have a couple of disks out of a NAS unit that I cannot mount.
> 
> They were in a Thecus N2200 NAS
> 
> When I look at the in gParted, they happily show up as xfs disks, but when I
> rty to mount them, Iget a hole bunch of errors.
> 
> Can anyone point me in the right direction on how I can mount these disks to
> get the data off them
> 
> 
> root@sysresccd /mnt % man xfs_repair
> root@sysresccd /mnt % xfs_repair -v /dev/sdb2
> xfs_repair: cannot open /dev/sdb2: Device or resource busy

That usually means the filesystem is mounted. Try unmounting it?

Cheers,

Dave.
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Dave Chinner
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