> This is on an Alpha 3000/600:
> 
> output from fsck -o -y /dev/rrz9c
> 
> 	/sbin/ufs_fsck -o -y /dev/rrz9c
> 	** /dev/rrz9c
> 	** Last Mounted on /usr/local/raid1
> 	** Phase 1 - Check Blocks and Sizes
>	** Phase 2 - Check Pathnames
> 	ROOT INODE UNALLOCATED
> 	ALLOCATE? yes
> 
> 	cannot find inode 2
> 
> 
> 
> This looks very bad to me.  I tried specifying an alternate superblock
> and at least it successfully fsck'd the disk enough to let me boot
> but when i mount it and do a directory there is nothing there!  Even
> more strange, if i do an ls after mounting, the directory shows up.
> If i do an ls -al, it says the mounted dir cannot be found.
> I know nothing about inodes as is probably obvious by now.  If there
> anything I can do to restore this root inode (i think that's what it is)
> and get my data off of the disk?
> 
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Received on Thu Jul 13 1995 - 19:49:28 NZST