Very Computer

 Hi there!

 I've a big problem - in fact, two: 1, I'm afraid I've lost a complete
partition incl. some very urgent data, 2. I'm about to panic!!!

 Well, I hope you can help me with the first ...

- Have (had ?) a seperate hdb with ONE reiserFS partition: hdb1

- Have deleted any partitions on hda, disconnected hdb, and have
installed Suse 8.0

- Thought I could reconnect and mount hdb1 after having finished
installation by adding /dev/hdb1 reiserfs blabla... to fstab

- Linux hangs while booting when trying to "check partition" ...

- Please tell me there *is* a chance to read that partition, please -
I'm in trouble, if that won't work ...

Sincerely,

M.K.

#man mount

 > - Linux hangs while booting when trying to "check partition" ...

Hangs.. or takes a long time ? BE SURE

Does the new kernel even HAVE reiserfs support ?
THAT would be the kind of mistake you can lose sleep over ;-)

BTW: Reiserfs has not been stable for very long, so make SURE the kernel
has an adequately MODERN verison of the reiserfs module *AND UTILS* -
this is verra verra important ! The utils check the FS on boot...

Why not get a real Linux (like Knoppix) and just CHECK the FS without
needing a complete installation anywhere ?

J