Hello These are the steps I used to backup accessible files in reiser4 [meta-data damaged] volume. [sdb] --Glenn ## commands used on another disk with free space mount reiser4 volume [metadata damaged] # time mount /dev/sdb /media/disk real 1m49.991s user 0m0.012s sys 0m1.872s generate file listing # cd /media/disk2 # find /media/disk/. -print > sdb-file-list.txt -2017 # wc -l sdb-file-list.txt 76494 sdb-file-list.txt 76,494 backup accessible files # tar -c -v -z -T sdb-file-list.txt -f r4files-sdb.tgz check tgz file # tar -tzf /media/disk2/r4files-sdb.tgz | tee /home/r4/sdb/check-r4files-sdb.log # ll r4files-sdb.tgz -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 116148741254 Feb 26 02:15 r4files-sdb.tgz 116,148,741,254 allowed 'tar' to deal with any 'File removed before we read it' problems --Glenn sample of problem: tar: /media/disk/./linux/articles/How To Send an Email With Attachment and Body from Linux_files/f2ae34f81eb7452e6a601cf3a0e4ae8a.png: File removed before we read it tar: /media/disk/./linux/articles/How To Send an Email With Attachment and Body from Linux_files/f6c636e74e911a9ef246110bfe726dfc.png: File removed before we read it tar: /media/disk/./linux/articles/How To Send an Email With Attachment and Body from Linux_files/vim-101-hacks-468x60.png: File removed before we read it /media/disk/./linux/articles/Linux _ UNIX: Encrypt Backup Tape Using Tar and OpenSSL_files/ /media/disk/./linux/articles/quick-guide-to-linux-partition-schemes_files/ -- 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
