Re: [Cooker] Possible HD problems...

[Pixel]

SI Reasoning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> As root I tried the command and got the following
> error:
> [root@si-drake sczjd]# dumpe2fs -b /dev/hda
> dumpe2fs 1.23, 15-Aug-2001 for EXT2 FS 0.5b, 95/08/09
> dumpe2fs: Bad magic number in super-block while trying
> to open /dev/hda
> Couldn't find valid filesystem superblock.

dumpe2fs must be used on a ext2 formatted partition, not on the raw device.

for the raw device, badblocks is what you want.