On Wed, 17 Dec 2008, Paul Raines wrote:
[root@shadowfax ~]# e2fsck -f -n /dev/loop7 e2fsck 1.39 (29-May-2006) Group descriptors look bad... trying backup blocks... e2fsck: Bad magic number in super-block while trying to open /dev/loop7 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>
Did you try one the alternatae superblocks? (mkfs.ext3 -n might help) Last time I myself had to use this it did not work. So I'm really curious if e2fsck -b actually works when this message appears. Christian. -- BOFH excuse #78: Yes, yes, its called a design limitation _______________________________________________ Ext3-users mailing list Ext3-users@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ext3-users
