System partially unusable after power loss...

[Eric Sandeen]

Manuel Reimer wrote:

> But why did xfs_repair restore files... For me it seems like xfs_repair
> restored an *old* version of openssl, which has been replaced by the
> system update process. This would mean: xfs_repair made a deleted file
> visible. Is this possible?

I don't know what to make of that; if you mean the openssl files got replaced
by older versions, it sounds very unlikely.

Sadly without repair output I can't say what repair did, but resurrecting
overwritten files from the past would be unexpected to say the least...

-Eric
 
> Yours
> 
> Manuel