I tried to copy some folders from the cache disk to disk1 in Midnight Commander on my test server. After selecting the folder and pressing copy I am greetesd with a red error screen saying Cannot create target directory "/mnt/disk1/movie" Read only file filesystem (30).  I can copy to other disks in the array, so what can be wrong with disk1, and how can I fix it?

See Check File System in my sig.

Thanks, I run 5 RC8, can I just start in maintenancs mode and then run reiserfsck?

Thanks, I run 5 RC8, can I just start in maintenancs mode and then run reiserfsck?

yes.  That is exactly what that feature is for.

I got this:

Replaying journal: Trans replayed: mountid 39, transid 9427, desc 2996, len 1, commit 2998, next trans offset 2981

Trans replayed: mountid 39, transid 9428, desc 2999, len 1, commit 3001, next trans offset 2984

Trans replayed: mountid 39, transid 9429, desc 3002, len 1, commit 3004, next trans offset 2987

Replaying journal: Done.

 

and this:

Comparing bitmaps..vpf-10640: The on-disk and the correct bitmaps differs.

and:

1 found corruptions can be fixed when running with --fix-fixable

 

Will now try to fix as suggested.

Will the filesystem allways be read only to protect from further corruption? Can this also cause a red ball?

Will the filesystem allways be read only to protect from further corruption? Can this also cause a red ball?

It is a function of the reiserfs file-system to set itself to read-only, so yes, if it detects corruption, it sets itself to read-only.

No, I don't think it will even cause a "red ball."  Once read-only, "writes" are not even attempted.