"Jeanette Russo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> 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?
>
There is no special option in e2fsck to replace the superblock.
If the primary superblock is corrupted you can direct e2fsck to
use an alternate superblock using the -b option. The superblock
normally is repeated every 8192 blocks. So the correct syntax is
e2fsck -b 8193 /dev/hda5
or
e2fsck -b 16385 /dev/hda5
and so on.
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. (cited from the e2fsck manual page)
Hope this helps
Harald
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