I have a HD that refuses to mount with a 'bad magic number in super-block'. [root@moe ~]# mount -t ext3 /dev/hdc /Big-Drive/ mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hdc, missing codepage or other error In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try dmesg | tail or so To get a listing of all the superblocks, I did: [root@moe ~]# mke2fs -n /dev/hdc mke2fs 1.39 (29-May-2006) Filesystem label= OS type: Linux Block size=4096 (log=2) Fragment size=4096 (log=2) 30539776 inodes, 61049646 blocks 3052482 blocks (5.00%) reserved for the super user First data block=0 Maximum filesystem blocks=4294967296 1864 block groups 32768 blocks per group, 32768 fragments per group 16384 inodes per group Superblock backups stored on blocks: 32768, 98304, 163840, 229376, 294912, 819200, 884736, 1605632, 2654208, 4096000, 7962624, 11239424, 20480000, 23887872 Next, I tried: [root@moe ~]# e2fsck -b 32768 /dev/hdc e2fsck 1.39 (29-May-2006) e2fsck: Bad magic number in super-block while trying to open /dev/hdc The superblock could not be read or does not describe a correct ext2 filesystem. If the device is valid and it really contains an ext2 filesystem (and not swap or ufs or something else), then the superblock is corrupt, and you might try running e2fsck with an alternate superblock: e2fsck -b 8193 <device> Subsequently I tried the above command and substituted each of the superblocks listed above with the same results. Have I missed something? Is there any hope at all for my data? Thanks for any pointers! Mike -- The Soviet Union does not exist any more in its present format. 17:35:01 up 3:23, 0 users, load average: 0.09, 0.15, 0.21 Linux Registered User #241685 http://counter.li.org -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list