Ext3 users - Sep 2003 - ext3 dead after testing 2.6.0-test5

Hi!

I was testing 2.6.0-test5, but got lots of
	journal aborted
errors.

Then I Sysrq-s/u/b and wanted to boot 2.4.23-pre3 or 2.4.22, but 
	ext3 error: cannot find root fs
	cannot mount because of unsupported optional feature (4)
after trying to mount it with ext2 (rootfstype=ext2, not working) I
rebooted again into 2.4.22, this time there was just severe fs
corrpution, illegal blocks, inodes, fsck.

Does this mean I should NOT use 2.6.0-test5? With test4 it was working
without any problem, and I used the same config.

What about this "journal aborted" thing? There was a thread on lkml
for
test2, but it seemed that it was a config error (vt missing), and not
ext3.

Thanks a lot for any hint!

Best wishes

Norbert

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Norbert Preining <preining AT logic DOT at>         Technische Universität
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gpg DSA: 0x09C5B094      fp: 14DF 2E6C 0307 BE6D AD76  A9C0 D2BF 4AA3 09C5 B094
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On Mit, 10 Sep 2003, Norbert Preining wrote:
> I was testing 2.6.0-test5, but got lots of
> 	journal aborted
> errors.
> 
> Then I Sysrq-s/u/b and wanted to boot 2.4.23-pre3 or 2.4.22, but 
> 	ext3 error: cannot find root fs
> 	cannot mount because of unsupported optional feature (4)
> after trying to mount it with ext2 (rootfstype=ext2, not working) I
> rebooted again into 2.4.22, this time there was just severe fs
> corrpution, illegal blocks, inodes, fsck.
One more point: When fsck-ing the fs, I get:

Inode 8 has illegal block(s). Clear<y>? yes

Illegal block #XXXX (nnnnnn) in inode 8. CLEARED
...
Too many illegal blocks in inode 8.
Clear inode<y>? yes

Restarting e2fscl from the beginning ...


And this goes on and on and on. Always inode 8.

Is there any chance to recreate the fs???

Best wishes

Norbert

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Norbert Preining <preining AT logic DOT at>         Technische Universität
Wien
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