At 08:06 PM 6/25/2003 -0500, you wrote: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] sr]# fsck -r /dev/hdc2 >fsck 1.27 (8-Mar-2002) >e2fsck 1.27 (8-Mar-2002) >Couldn't find ext2 superblock, trying backup blocks... >fsck.ext2: Bad magic number in super-block while trying to open /dev/hdc2 > >The superblock could not be read or does not describe a correct ext2 >filesystem. If the device is valid and it really contains an ext2 >filesystem (and not swap or ufs or something else), then the superblock >is corrupt, and you might try running e2fsck with an alternate superblock: > e2fsck -b 8193 <device> > >I am beginning to wonder if I really had put any data there... I just >want to be able to make sure before I wipe it out.
Well that's weird that fsck couldn't find anything then. You may not have made the backup. :) Did you try using the alternate superblock? --- Dustin Puryear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Puryear Information Technology Windows, UNIX, and IT Consulting http://www.puryear-it.com
