On Tue, 14 May 2002 15:46:58 +0100 "Stephen C. Tweedie" <sct@redhat.com> wrote: > Hi, > > On Tue, May 14, 2002 at 02:46:41PM +0100, Richard Kimber wrote: > > On Tue, 14 May 2002 12:19:43 +0100 > > "Stephen C. Tweedie" <sct@redhat.com> wrote: > > > debugfs -w /dev/sdb5 > > > debugfs: features -needs_recovery -has_journal > > > Filesystem features: filetype sparse_super > > > debugfs: q > > > but then > > >fsck -f /dev/sdb5 > > fsck 1.24a (02-Sep-2001) > > e2fsck 1.24a (02-Sep-2001) > > backup: recovering journal > > backup: recovering journal > > backup: recovering journal > > backup: recovering journal > > ...... etc > > What does a "tune2fs -l" show at this point? OK. In the meantime I tried the above again. This time, it worked. Having said "y" to the requests to fix, I assume I now have an ext2 disk, and that I simply go through the normal procedure to make a journal. Many thanks indeed for your help. - Richard. -- Richard Kimber Political Science Resources http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/ UK-Euro FAQ http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/docs/efaq.htm
