kmself@ix.netcom.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Try: > > $ e2fsck /dev/fd0 > $ dd if=/dev/fd0 bs=512 count=1 | od -c > > ...not that I can read all the output, but there should be some > signature ext2fs stuff in the first block of the disk. > > ...and DON'T fsck up that second command or you'll overwrite something. > You want "if" (infile), not "of" (outfile) specified. here's the result: debian:~# e2fsck /dev/fd0 e2fsck 1.18, 11-Nov-1999 for EXT2 FS 0.5b, 95/08/09 Couldn't find ext2 superblock, trying backup blocks... e2fsck: Attempt to read block from filesystem resulted in short read while trying to open /dev/fd0 Could this be a zero-length partition?
debian:~# dd if=/dev/fd0 bs=512 count=1 | od -c 1+0 records in 1+0 records out 0000000 # T h e b e l o w c o n f 0000020 i g v a r i a b l e i n f o 0000040 i s f r o m s e c t i o n 0000060 6 o f t h e M u t t m 0000100 a n u a l . \n # C o m m e n t 0000120 s p r e c e d e d b y # # 0000140 # a r e v e r b a t i m f 0000160 r o m t h e m a n u a l , 0000200 c o m m e n t s p r e c e d e 0000220 d \n # b y # a r e m y 0000240 o w n c o m m e n t s . \n \n # 0000260 # # a b o r t _ n o s u b j e 0000300 c t \n # # # T y p e : q u a 0000320 d o p t i o n \n # # # D e f a 0000340 u l t : a s k - y e s \n # # # 0000360 I f s e t t o y e s , 0000400 w h e n c o m p o s i n g m 0000420 e s s a g e s a n d n o s 0000440 u b j e c t i s g i v e n 0000460 a t t h e \n # # # s u b j e 0000500 c t p r o m p t , c o m p o 0000520 s i t i o n w i l l b e a 0000540 b o r t e d . I f s e t t 0000560 o n o , c o m p o s i n g \n 0000600 # # # m e s s a g e s w i t 0000620 h n o s u b j e c t g i v 0000640 e n a t t h e s u b j e c 0000660 t p r o m p t w i l l n e 0000700 v e r b e \n # # # a b o r t 0000720 e d . \n s e t a b o r t _ n o 0000740 s u b j e c t = a s k - y e s \n 0000760 \n # # # a b o r t _ u n m o d 0001000 I hope this makes sense to you.. thanks for your help dale