fsck errors and a lot of files in /lost+found

[hike]

On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 10:53 AM, ESGLinux <esggrupos at gmail.com> wrote:

> Well,
>
> Thank you for your help.
>
> I´m 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 at 5-cent.us>
>
> > Jonathan S Billings wrote:
> > > On 11/17/2010 07:37 AM, ESGLinux wrote:
> > >> Thanks, I can see some files testing first with file command.
> > >>
> > >> I´m looking for usefull files there but some I don´t know the right
> > >> place I have to copy (for example there is a lot of files that are
> > emails but I
> > >> don´t 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
> >
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you should be able to restore from a backup.  you do have a current backup,
don't you?