Hello, Question: Is it ok to use the command: # fsck.reiser4 --build-fs --force /dev/sdb I did the following steps: # fsck.reiser4 -V fsck.reiser4 1.1.0 Format release: 4.0.1 Copyright (C) 2001-2005 by Hans Reiser, licensing governed by reiser4progs/COPYING. # rpm -qa |grep -i reiser |sort libreiser4-1_1-0-1.1.0-13.1.x86_64 libreiser4-minimal-1_1-0-1.1.0-13.1.x86_64 libreiserfs-0_3-0-0.3.0.5-163.3.x86_64 reiser4progs-1.1.0-13.1.x86_64 reiser4progs-debuginfo-1.0.9-69.1.x86_64 reiser4progs-debugsource-1.0.9-69.1.x86_64 reiser4progs-devel-1.1.0-13.1.x86_64 reiserfs-3.6.23-1.3.x86_64 # dmesg [ 2611.535910] usb 1-2: new high-speed USB device number 3 using ehci-pci [ 2611.654916] usb 1-2: New USB device found, idVendor=04fc, idProduct=0c25 [ 2611.654930] usb 1-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=2, Product=3, SerialNumber=1 [ 2611.654937] usb 1-2: Product: USB to Serial-ATA bridge [ 2611.654943] usb 1-2: Manufacturer: Sunplus Technology Inc. [ 2611.654948] usb 1-2: SerialNumber: ST32000542 5XW1ZMG4 [ 2611.681303] usb-storage 1-2:1.0: USB Mass Storage device detected [ 2611.681651] scsi4 : usb-storage 1-2:1.0 [ 2611.681958] usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage [ 2612.689193] scsi 4:0:0:0: Direct-Access ST320005 42AS PQ: 0 ANSI: 2 [ 2612.690210] sd 4:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0 [ 2612.691311] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] 3907029168 512-byte logical blocks: (2.00 TB/1.81 TiB) [ 2612.695719] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off [ 2612.695735] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 38 00 00 00 [ 2612.699070] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] No Caching mode page present [ 2612.699083] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through [ 2612.706449] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] No Caching mode page present [ 2612.706461] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through [ 2612.769517] sdb: unknown partition table [ 2612.781717] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] No Caching mode page present [ 2612.781730] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through [ 2612.781738] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI disk # fsck.reiser4 --fix --force /dev/sdb ******************************************************************* This is an EXPERIMENTAL version of fsck.reiser4. Read README first. ******************************************************************* Fscking the /dev/sdb block device. Will fix minor corruptions of the Reiser4 SuperBlock. Will fix minor corruptions of the Reiser4 FileSystem. ***** fsck.reiser4 started at Wed Sep 2 09:21:00 2015 Reiser4 fs was detected on /dev/sdb. Master super block (16): magic: ReIsEr4 blksize: 4096 format: 0x0 (format40) uuid: 3006ced1-7490-4ea8-a9b8-d82143c6bede label: <none> Format super block (17): plugin: format40 description: Disk-format plugin. version: 0 magic: ReIsEr40FoRmAt mkfs id: 0x1ddaf754 flushes: 0 blocks: 488378640 free blocks: 217146980 root block: 37017218 tail policy: 0x2 (smart) next oid: 0xedade file count: 188313 tree height: 6 key policy: LARGE CHECKING THE STORAGE TREE Read nodes 197008413 Nodes left in the tree 197008413 Leaves of them 194764277, Twigs of them 2217790 Time interval: Wed Sep 2 09:22:58 2015 - Wed Sep 2 17:07:06 2015 CHECKING EXTENT REGIONS. Read twigs 2217790 Time interval: Wed Sep 2 17:07:06 2015 - Wed Sep 2 19:17:21 2015 CHECKING THE SEMANTIC TREE FSCK: semantic.c: 573: repair_semantic_dir_open: Failed to recognize the plugin for the directory [29:0:2a]. FSCK: semantic.c: 651: repair_semantic_root_prepare: No root directory opened. Time interval: Wed Sep 2 19:17:21 2015 - Wed Sep 2 19:17:21 2015 FSCK: repair.c: 547: repair_sem_fini: On-disk used block bitmap and really used block bitmap differ. ***** fsck.reiser4 finished at Wed Sep 2 19:17:22 2015 Closing fs...done 2 fatal corruptions were detected in FileSystem. Run with --build-fs option to fix them. # Thanks Glenn -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe reiserfs-devel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html