Well originally it was formatted during install. Then someone else
suggested the mke2fs along with badblocks. I used mke2fs then e2fsck and
fsck to fix it. I had some other problems trying to compile a new kernel
as well which is leading me to believe its a hardware problem.
On Mon, 4 Jan 1999, Deirdre Saoirse wrote:
> Formatted meaning you used mke2fs?
>
> BTW, this kind of thing is exactly the reason that having multiple
> partitions is a *good* idea.
>
> On Sun, 3 Jan 1999, Mike Harsh wrote:
>
> > Everytime I boot my system I get an error while it tries to read my last
> > logical partition saying the superblock is corrupt. It suggests running
> > e2fsck with a different block size which I've tried with no luck. I also
> > ran fdisk to check the partition table and made sure it was there and
> > setup as linux native. I read an articale found in Linux Gazzette about
> > basically the same thing but combined with a "short read" error when
> > running e2fsck with a larger block size. One of the suggestions was that
> > this happens when a native partition has no filesystem on it yet. There is
> > nothing on the partition but it has been formatted (quick format). Any
> > ideas?
>
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> "I did rather well myself this past Christmas. The nicest present I
> received was a gift certificate good at any hospital for a lobotomy.
> Rather thoughtful." --Tom Lehrer
>
