On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 10:53 AM, ESGLinux <esggrupos@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Well, > > Thank you for your help. > > IÂm trying to restore files manually. I hope all were in /lost+found > > Talking about the problem. > > The server is a virtual host running. I use Xen to virtualize. > > Today I update the host that runs several virtual machines. After the > update > I reboot all the virtual machines. All of them start up right but this one > appears with the problem of the fsck and then you know the history. > > Any suggestion about the real problem? can be the image file corrupted? > > Greetings, > > ESG > > > > 2010/11/17 <m.roth@xxxxxxxxx> > > > Jonathan S Billings wrote: > > > On 11/17/2010 07:37 AM, ESGLinux wrote: > > >> Thanks, I can see some files testing first with file command. > > >> > > >> IÂm looking for usefull files there but some I donÂt know the right > > >> place I have to copy (for example there is a lot of files that are > > emails but I > > >> donÂt know the mailbox where I have to copy) > > >> > > >> is there any way to know the original location of the files? > > > > > > No, other from using the context you discover from 'file' or 'less'. > > > > > > That's why the directory is called lost+found -- fsck doesn't know > where > > > they're supposed to go. > > > > And you're assuming, perhaps unconsciously, that you can reassemble the > > files, which would be a *massive* amount of work in the case of an > > executable. > > > > Oh - what caused the problems in the first place? What type of filesystem > > are you using? If it's a journaling one, like ext3 or 4, etc, then my > > immediate concern would be whether the drive(s) needed to be replaced > > ->today<- > > > > mark > > > > -- > > redhat-list mailing list > > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > you should be able to restore from a backup. you do have a current backup, don't you? -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list