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

[ESGLinux]

I have,  don´t worry :-)

Greetings,

ESG


2010/11/18 hike <mh1272 at gmail.com>

> 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?
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