Have you tried following the instructions contained in the error mesage you
saw? As you quoted them (below), they read:
> ... or you might try running e2fsck with an alternative superblock
> e2fsck -b 8193 <device>
If you try that (for example, "e2fsck -b 8193 /dec/hda8"), does it fix things?
At 05:05 PM 2/11/00 +0530, rajput g v be comp 56 wrote [in part]:
...
> From next time onward's whenever i enter linux it gives me the
>following problem.
>------------------------------------------------------------------
>fsck.ext2 :Bad magic number in super-block while trying to open /dev/hda8.
> fsck.ext2(null):
> The superblock could not be read or does not describe a correct ext2
>filesystems.If the device is valid & it really contians an ext2
>filesystems(& not swap or ufs or something else),then the superblock
>is corrupt , or you might try running e2fsck with an alternative
>superblock
> e2fsck -b 8193 <device>
>------------------------------------------------------------------
>it show's the same for /dev/hda8 and /dev/hda9
>------------------------------------------------------------------
>then it can enter only as the root,and to a level such where i can't
>execute most of the command's.
>
>What should i do???
------------------------------------"Never tell me the odds!"---
Ray Olszewski -- Han Solo
Palo Alto, CA [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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