D Landy wrote: > Eric Sandeen wrote: > >> I don't know if they're using a standard ext3 fs or not; perhaps it is >> adultrated in some way for their needs that makes it incompatible w/ the >> upstream tools. >> >> You could go through the code to find where that message is printed, >> then work backwards to why (either via gdb, or printf insertions, or >> whatever you're comfortable with...) > > Thanks, Eric, that's exactly what I've done. > > :-) > > Unfortunately there are many different error conditions that could result in > an "invalid superblock" message and it seems like it would be a hard job (at > least for me!) to work out which one it was as I don't know how to compile a > package or even how to get the right source code for Puppy Linux (which I > think is almost Debian compatible). > > I guess this is going off-topic now and I should ask on other lists for help > with that? > > Any assistance appreciated. > > David You could make an e2image and hope someone has enough spare time (I'm afraid I don't at the moment) to take a look. (assuming e2image will touch it....) -Eric _______________________________________________ Ext3-users mailing list Ext3-users@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ext3-users