Hello, How do I make read-only file system [reiser4 disk /dev/sdb] writable. - allow tar to complete instead of failing with: tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors - allow rm to work to remove files - allow tar to access the acessable files and store them on another disk with tar - reiser4 to be repaired - repair metadata using opensuse Thanks for your help --Glenn steps done so far: # mount /dev/sdb /media/disk # df -h Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/sdb 1.8T 747G 1.0T 43% /media/disk # id uid=0(root) gid=0(root) groups=0(root) # ll /media/disk ls: cannot access /media/disk/nvidia-installer.log: No such file or directory ls: cannot access /media/disk/opensuseurl.txt: No such file or directory ls: cannot access /media/disk/packman.txt: No such file or directory ls: cannot access /media/disk/q1.txt: No such file or directory ls: cannot access /media/disk/q1.txt~: No such file or directory ls: cannot access /media/disk/read-only,txt: No such file or directory ls: cannot access /media/disk/remove.txt: No such file or directory ls: cannot access /media/disk/repos.txt: No such file or directory ls: cannot access /media/disk/rpmlist.log: No such file or directory ls: cannot access /media/disk/to-remove: No such file or directory ls: cannot access /media/disk/x: No such file or directory ls: cannot access /media/disk/zgl: No such file or directory ls: cannot access /media/disk/lost_name_2a:73746200000000:3f1ed: No such file or directory ls: cannot access /media/disk/pub_linux_utils_fs_reiser4_libaal.html: No such file or directory total 180 drwx------ 4 root root 4 Sep 5 15:42 .Trash-0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 55 Jul 5 2009 NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-185.18.14-pkg2.run -> nvidia/laptop-7x/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-185.18.14-pkg2.run drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 863 Feb 22 2010 packages drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 14 May 14 2011 packman ?????????? ? ? ? ? ? packman.txt drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4 Aug 11 2009 partitioning drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 17 Nov 3 2009 phoronix drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 3 Mar 15 2011 pictures drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4 Sep 23 2009 plugins ?????????? ? ? ? ? ? pub_linux_utils_fs_reiser4_libaal.html ?????????? ? ? ? ? ? q1.txt ?????????? ? ? ? ? ? q1.txt~ ?????????? ? ? ? ? ? read-only,txt ?????????? ? ? ? ? ? remove.txt ?????????? ? ? ? ? ? repos.txt drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4 Jan 25 2010 rpm-description drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 8 Sep 23 2009 rpm-help ?????????? ? ? ? ? ? rpmlist.log drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 22 Jul 22 2010 rpms-old drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4 Jun 3 2011 sharon ?????????? ? ? ? ? ? to-remove ?????????? ? ? ? ? ? x ?????????? ? ? ? ? ? zgl drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 6 Jul 20 2011 zz-iso # echo zzzzzzzzzz >/media/disk/zjunk.txt bash: /media/disk/zjunk.txt: Read-only file system #tar attempt to retreive accessible files tar failed after processing 41063 files. # wc -l /home/r4/r4-sdb-file-list/r4files-sdb.log 41063 /home/r4/r4-sdb-file-list/r4files-sdb.log ## A short tar sample: # tar -cvf /media/disk2/r4files.tar /media/disk| tee /home/r4/r4-sdb-file-list/r4files-sdb.log media/disk/iso-factory/openSUSE-DVD-Build0146-x86_64.m3.morrors._files/ /media/disk/java/ /media/disk/java/Java_files/ /media/disk/java/java-help_files/ /media/disk/java/java-help-libnpjp2.so_files/ /media/disk/java/jre-6u14-linux-x64-rpm.bin /media/disk/java/jre-6u14-linux-x64-rpm.bin.bak /media/disk/jb-hifi/ /media/disk/jb-hifi/presario14-Aug09_files/ /media/disk/jb-hifi/acer-AS5536-644G32_files/ /media/disk/jibjab/ /media/disk/jibjab/2009/ /media/disk/jibjab/2009/JibJab History_files/ /media/disk/jibjab/2009/The Making of -Never a Year Like 09_files/ /media/disk/jibjab/JibJab-info_files/ /media/disk/jibjab/JibJab-info_files/JibJab_This_Land.png /media/disk/jibjab/funnies/ /media/disk/jibjab/funnies/bush-y2005.flv /media/disk/jibjab/info_files/ tar: /media/disk/linux/create-video/youtube-videos-with-linux-part-2_files/show_ads.js: File removed before we read it tar: /media/disk/linux/create-video/youtube-videos-with-linux-part-2_files/style.css: File removed before we read it tar: /media/disk/linux/create-video/youtube-videos-with-linux-part-2_files/system.css: File removed before we read it tar: /media/disk/linux/create-video/youtube-videos-with-linux-part-2_files/template.css: File removed before we read it tar: /media/disk/linux/create-video/youtube-videos-with-linux-part-2_files/test_domain.js: File removed before we read it tar: /media/disk/linux/create-video/youtube-videos-with-linux-part-2_files/typo.css: File removed before we read it tar: /media/disk/linux/create-video/youtube-videos-with-linux-part-2_files/universe_nav.css: File removed before we read it tar: /media/disk/linux/create-video/youtube-videos-with-linux-part-2_files/universe_nav.js: File removed before we read it tar: /media/disk/linux/create-video/youtube-videos-with-linux-part-2_files/xajax_core.js: File removed before we read it tar: 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read it tar: /media/disk/gramps3.1.2/project_files/da9c3f343fd127052374c19e51637d53.png: File removed before we read it tar: /media/disk/gramps3.1.2/project_files/e0f875deca04609b40a3a35dfd858618.png: File removed before we read it tar: /media/disk/gramps3.1.2/project_files/e525e1d7589ae4b16abbb0a1dc5992ce.png: File removed before we read it tar: /media/disk/gramps3.1.2/project_files/eebc1b9d470218b7e5f1ea91cced0371.png: File removed before we read it tar: /media/disk/gramps3.1.2/project_files/fcf5d2036934dfa7ef2d7a77d50a235e.png: File removed before we read it tar: /media/disk/gramps3.1.2/project_files/publish_enabled_grey.png: File removed before we read it /media/disk/gramps3.1.2/gramps3-3.1.2-4.2.src.rpm tar: /media/disk/gramps3.1.2/gramps3-3.1.2-4.2.noarch.rpm: File removed before we read it tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe reiserfs-devel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More 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