Hi first post:

Not sure how I have lost a media folder, but my 8 drive system (plus cache and parity) is now missing the 'movie' folder. I believe the data is still on the drive (since drive sizes have not changed on unmenu), but not sure how to restore the folder data. I tried the method below:

 

1. Start the array as normal.

 

2. telnet into the server and type the command: 'samba stop'.  This will take all the shares off the network.

 

3. type the command:

 

  df

 

This will show you all the "mounted" disks.  The ones of interest are:

/dev/md1

/dev/md2

etc.

These are all your data disks (md1 corresponds to disk1, md2 to disk2, etc.)

 

3. Decide which disk you want to recover, for example, let's say disk1.  Type the command:

 

umount  /dev/md1

 

Notice the command is indeed 'umount' and not 'unmount'.

 

4. Now type:

 

  reiserfsck  --rebuild-tree --scan-whole-partition  /dev/md1

 

 

When prompted, type 'Yes'.  Let this run - it might take a long time.

 

More info can be had here (http://www.namesys.com/reiserfsck.html).

 

5. Once complete go back to the Management Utility, Stop the array, then Start array again.

 

My problem is Step 3 above results in 'device is busy'. Perhaps this is due to AFP being enabled (my home computers are Macs).

 

Qs: 1. Is the above approach the correct way to recover files, one hard disk at a time, or is there a quicker way?

2. How do I get past step 3 'device is busy'

3. Any other suggestions?

THanks!

kiraya

PS: syslog attached, but not sure it will help since I rebooted a couple times in disbelief at the missing folder.

syslog-2013-12-20.txt

If you are on unRAID 5.0 have you run the "new permissions" script and let it run until the close button on the window that pops up shows up.  It took close to 5 hours on my download/backup server where I have lots of files.  The "new permissions" script is available in the unRAID GUI on the utility tab (if I'm remembering correctly).

Have you looked at all the drive shares to see if the movie folder exists on any of them?

From your PC/Mac, can you see your other shares? Or is this specific to and just a problem with the Media folder?

See Check disk filesystems in my sig for the correct procedure. Read the instructions fully and follow them carefully. DO NOT use the procedure given in the OP.