Redhat 9 Server Recovery -HELP

[bala chandar]

Hi

do fsck /dev/hda1,2,3,5

On 4/13/05, Navneet Choudhary <navneetkc at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi folks,
> 
> I am running redhat linux  9(Kernel 2.4.20-8)  server on Intel P4 system,
> with Western Digital ATA 40GB Hard Disk(WD400EB-00CPF0, ATA DISK).
> 
> This server is acting as Firewall & Gateway.
> Running squid & vsftp for local users.
> 
> When i power on my system this morning , it shows below message (and
> as per message i run "fsck /dev/hda" without any argument/switch.
> 
> For your information i have added "fdisk -l" & "df -h" (All output
> prior to system CRASH).
> 
> Checking root filesystem
> /============================= 49%
> /:
> Inodes that were part of  a corrupted orphan linked list found.
> 
> /:UNEXPECTED INCONSISTENCY; RUN fsck MANUALLY
>                         (i.e without –a or –p options)
> 
>                   [FAILED]
> *** An error occurred during the file system check.
> *** Dropping you to a shell; the system will reboot
> *** when you leave the shell
> Give root password for maintenance
> (or type Control-D to continue):
> 
> (Repair filesystem)1# fsck /dev/hda
> fsck 1.32 (09-Nov-2002)
> e2fsck 1.32 (09-Nov-2002)
> Couldn't find ext2 superblock, trying backup blocks…
> Fsck.ext2: Bad magic number in super-block while trying to open /dev/had
> The superblock could not be read or does not describe a correct ext2 filesystem.
>  If the device is valid and it really contains an ext2 filesystem (
> and not swap or ufs or something else), then the superblock is
> corrupt, and you might try running e2fsck with an alternate
> superblock:
>      e2fsck –b 8193 <device>
> 
> #fdisk –l
> 
> Disk /dev/hda: 40.0 GB, 40017485312 bytes
> 255 heads, 63 sector/track, 4865 cylinders
> Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
> 
> Device     Boot  Start   End          Block       Id    System
> /dev/hda1   *           1      13          104391    83   Linux
> /dev/hda2              14  2563    20482875      83   Linux
> /dev/hda3          2564   2628       522112+    82   Linux swap
> /dev/hda4          2629   4865     17968702+    f    Win95 Ext'd (LBA)
> /dev/hda5          2629   4865     17968671     83   Linux
> 
> [root at localhost root]# df -h
> Filesystem            Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
> /dev/hda5              17G  7.8G  8.4G  49% /
> /dev/hda1              99M  5.0M   89M   6% /boot
> /dev/hda2              20G   17G  1.6G  92% /home
> none                  121M     0  121M   0% /dev/shm
> 
> Any suggestion how to recover damaged filesystem (here it's EXT3)?.
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> Regards,
> Navneet Choudhary
> +91 98103 93403
> 
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