CentOS - Aug 2019 - xfs

I used to be able to 'repair' ext4 fs issue (when the boot process drops
you into emergency mode)...

but now with xfs - it does not seem to let me do that.

xfs_repair /dev/sda3
or
xfs_repair -L /dev/sda3
both say fatal error
fatal error -- couldn?t initialize XFS library

How can I repair XFS with burning a DVD and finding an external USB reader
etc...

Thanks,

Jerry

On Wed, 2019-08-28 at 12:42 -0400, Jerry Geis wrote:
> I used to be able to 'repair' ext4 fs issue (when the boot process
> drops
> you into emergency mode)...
> 
> but now with xfs - it does not seem to let me do that.
> 
> xfs_repair /dev/sda3
> or
> xfs_repair -L /dev/sda3
> both say fatal error
> fatal error -- couldn?t initialize XFS library
> 
Ia that all the error output from xfs_repair?  Usually there's a reason
given before the fatal error line?

P.