On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 5:32 AM, Pau Iranzo <paulists@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > I installed Ubuntu on my girlfriend's laptop using btrfs as a > filesystem. But a few weeks ago something happened: the system > wouldn't boot and always show these messages: > http://dl.dropbox.com/u/120126/btrfs/IMG_20110313_122119.jpg > http://dl.dropbox.com/u/120126/btrfs/IMG_20110313_122125.jpg > http://dl.dropbox.com/u/120126/btrfs/IMG_20110313_122143.jpg > > The problem is that there is now way to mount that partition and all > the analysis tools don't give any information. I know there is no fsck > for btrfs, so it is just a shame for me, because my girlfriend is > really angry at me for this. > > Foremost is not able to recover files neither. > > Could anyone help me on this? I don't mind if the system does not > start, but I need to recover some files (pictures basically). Looks like the drive is shot, although I suppose it could be a bad cable. What I'd probably do is run a dd_rescue from a livecd or another system to a second drive, and then try mounting it via "mount /path/to/file /mnt -o loop -t btrfs" or some such. Once you have the image it should be possible to get something back even if it doesn't mount at that point. This, in a nutshell, is why I think people are foolish to not have backups even if they _aren't_ running a filesystem still under active development. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-btrfs" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
