[Hoary] Can't Read EXT3 Journal

[David M. Carney]

So much for recoverable file systems.

I had a hard lockup. Not sure what caused it. I was scrolling through
my mail in Evolution and it locked up tight.

At first I could switch to a console via ctrl-alt-f1 but when I tried
to switch back to X, the keyboard was locked.

I could find no other way to recover but via the reset button.

Upon reboot the stock i386 kernel couldn't find the ext3 journal and
the reboot process stopped.

I tried recovery mode, but just got a lot of drive seek errors and a
kernel panic at the end.

I know how to use a rescue disk to get back into my Hoary system, if
indeed this is even possible. If so, is there a command line way to
rebuild the journal?

David

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