EXT3-fs error: ext3_check_descriptors / group descriptors corrupted

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Operating System:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Update 5

What happened:
The server was abruptly powered down, disassembled, and re-assembled.

Work done:
Ran a fsck from the rescue environment and it eventually completed (after much corruption was found), but the server would not boot properly.

End result:
The damage to the filesystem could not be adequately repaired as the errors were very extensive. The RAID array had to be rebuilt and a new OS was installed.

Printed from: http://rackerhacker.com/2007/08/01/ext3-fs-error-ext3_check_descriptors-group-descriptors-corrupted/ .
© Major Hayden 2012.

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