On Sat, 28 Aug 1999, you wrote:
> Can someone give me the right syntax to replace the superblock using
> ex2fsck?
> I think its the -b switch but I have tried
> ex2fsck -b /dev/hda5
> and this does not work. I would like to try this one last thing before
> giving up to replace the superblock?
>
Well, this is from the "MAN" page for e2fsck:
-b superblock
Instead of using the normal superblock, use an alternative
superblock
specified by
superblock.Thisoptionisnormallyusedwhentheprimarysuperblock
has been corrupted; most filesystems have primary superblocks located
at
blocks 8193, 16385, etc. If an alternative superblock is specified
and
the filesystem is not opened read-only, e2fsck will make sure that
the
primary superblock is updated appropriately upon completion of
the
filesystem check.
"dumpe2fs" may be useful:
dumpe2fs prints the super block and blocks group information for
the filesystem present on device.
