On Sun, Feb 7, 2021 at 8:24 PM Erich Eckner via arch-general <arch-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA256 > > Hi, > > On Sun, 7 Feb 2021, Alexander Kapshuk via arch-general wrote: > > > I haven't had any replies to the email below so far. > > Not sure if that's because that email didn't make it through to the mailing > > list, even though it does show up here > > <https://lists.archlinux.org/pipermail/arch-general/2021-February/048597.html>, > > or if it's because the problem I'm asking help for is unique and the > > members of the list have nothing to suggest. > > > > Thought I'd resend the original email just in case. > > Any pointers would be appreciated. > > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message --------- > > From: Alexander Kapshuk <alexander.kapshuk@xxxxxxxxx> > > Date: Thu, Feb 4, 2021 at 5:40 PM > > Subject: Mounted ext4 filesystem without journal > > To: General Discussion about Arch Linux <arch-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > > > > Most probably due to a buggy custom kernel, fsck on /dev/sda2, i.e the > > root partition, failed with a rootfs prompt and an invitation to run > > fsck on /dev/sda2 presented. > > On having done that and rebooted, when performing fsck on /dev/sda2, > > the system reported that: > > /dev/sda2 had not been cleanly unmounted > > 0.4% non-contiguous blocks > > mounting /dev/sda2 on real root > > EXT4-fs (sda2) mounted filesystem without journal > > Root device mounted successfully, but /sbin/init does not exist. > > looks, like fsck emptied your disk (or at least the directory structure is > gone) - most probably, because it was already severely damaged before. Why > do you suspect, your kernel has anything to do with it? I would rather > suspect a hardware error of some kind (/dev/sda is a plain ssd or hdd - > not some raid or cryptdevice, I assume). > I had fsck complain about /dev/sda2 on two machines on booting the same version of linux-next. Fsck was able to fix the errors reported on one machine, but not on the other. /dev/sda is a hdd. > > > > The wiki article on fsck troubleshooting, > > https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Fsck#Troubleshooting, suggests > > using tune2fs to write a new journal to /dev/sda2. > > But it doesn't seem to be available when in rootfs. > > > > Booting into the Arch Linux installation CD and mounting /dev/sda2 > > over /mnt reveals lost+found as the sole contents of the directory. > > As an experiment, mounting /dev/sda1 over /mnt confirms the presence > > of all the files there are on my boot partition. > > Lost inodes end up in lost+found/ when you run fsck (at least, that's, > what has happened to me before). If nothing is left outside of > lost+found/, I suggest: > > 1. Use your last backup. - You do have a backup, right? If not: > > 2. copy lost+found/ somewhere safe, do a fresh install, and have a look at > your saved inodes for valuable content (not sure, if there are some tools > to help you with skimming through lots of unnamed inodes - usually at > least *one* of my backups was good enough for me in the past). > > > > > Any pointers on how to proceed with this would be much appreciated. > > > > Use backups :-) > > regards, > Erich > Thanks for your feedback. > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > iQIzBAEBCAAdFiEE3p92iMrPBP64GmxZCu7JB1Xae1oFAmAgMFUACgkQCu7JB1Xa > e1pTuhAAvMXySI3caWjB+/UQZ81+yhvajVuO2JuLwmsncJTRjL63dEwZzKObgtdu > yL6HacceXVdzPyqDxOtuCYL6e62HIV+hf8MB6Jza00n0HCJp0CEVMRwnMjiMQPkk > Io9gQj7S6cCR5IPEIuC0pn/jQxGQOrbP/Jom6YNtc0qQ6xzaaRJ4w7RylqnbBFTJ > 7StS62J645U94905a8eY1Nuwr5KawQFQEi1Ar/RRL8M/3dd5iCMXR7MRynawLj4l > cNAv9kSgocZ+RlL61NywU9zyCZbNMnRurHfgeaCo/DudMjHPEqWYr3R0BYo4wWDJ > cjDjby+oHdKw0eQqhCkHlPT+ocnLtSvoJmCmyimbeNDNRcOrvyd8Ni+2GYpgYw9d > 7t/lO1WI63PlvngxDE17L1pzirafgqJmHo+QnYrwIQGuANjqaDZBoDIzQqscTb12 > 84Yh++kZbdxIOQ+ZhM1LqRd58UwZkiTxWm20yyOrBX720gYRMqJ6HF6AU5SzKFt0 > IAXIIZXFNrRS5xuHl2c57jWwutnFQaHXoM8j/0BcnCTgJEooUs0+MbqjbEYG+a8Q > wrtx23uvdj4Qy/70q0G5dQoZVANwTDKUWVqyGFlWFCp5yzfIrZkQbdWVjjDBW0jT > Mwg+fVP+/DtghulxQRB9QheV+wpJSVAmxlcoqKCGr2xe08697qM= > =TiKP > -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
