Hi, > > Is the filesystem (offset of inode tables, ...) the same everytime I > > format the same partition? If not, why? > > Yes, this is generally true for a given blocksize. Even the > journal is created after the inode tables are allocated. > However, as part of the mke2fs the inode tables are zeroed, > so this would in fact be bad in your case. You can use the -n option: -n causes mke2fs to not actually create a filesystem, but display what it would do if it were to create a filesystem. This can be used to determine the location of the backup superblocks for a particular filesystem, so long as the mke2fs parameters that were passed when the filesystem was originally created are used again. (With the -n option added, of course!) Good luck, Sander. _______________________________________________ Ext3-users@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ext3-users