Re: [gentoo-user] failed reiserfs partition - help!

[Alex Schuster <wonko@wonkology.org>]

James writes:

> My friend threw a theory out there -- maybe the beginning of the
> partition is incorrect on the drive? The drive originally had an NTFS
> partition. By blowing away the beginning of the drive and then
> rewriting the partition table, maybe the kernel was using the original
> "beginning" location of the NTFS partition which *may* be incorrect
> for the beginning of the reiserfs /dev/sdX1 partition. I did *NOT*
> reboot after making changes to the partition table (nor did I
> disconnect / reconnect the drive).
> 
> Is this possible?

Hmmmmm. May be worth a try. I usually use the partprobe (sys-block/parted) 
command to make the kernel recognize the new partition layout. Not sure if 
this is always necessary.

> I'm 99.99999% sure this drive is not defective. There has to be some
> way to mount this partition as it was cleanly unmounted and the data
> copied over with no issues when I was originally doing it.
> 
> Isn't there a way to search for a superblock on the drive and then use
> that when attempting to mount the partition?

Install app-admin/testdisk, this will allow to find and recreate deleted 
partition schemes.

Good luck,

	Wonko