sameer wrote: > I had faced a similar problem long ago ... the documentation for the > disktools (I do not remember which one) does mention the most likely number > to use for the alternate superblock, and it works under most systems ...
true, I have read that too. But its only a guide. U still have to "play" around with the numbers. take this for e.g. ( from: LINUX (UNIX) Unleashed, System Administrator's Edition ) these are given as an e.g. 8193,16385,24577,32769,40961,49153,57345,65537,73729....... -- None of these worked... what worked for me was 32768. Just installed Debian .. the second backup block for me starts @ 32768. Next is 65536. .. nothing in between. I had found another document that states try starting from 32767 and in multiples thereof. >Vinay Pai wrote: >superblocks should be documented somewhere. If not, it shouldn't be too >hard to look at the source of mke2fs to determine it. that _might_ be possible... havent found any available program to determine the same. Would be interesting. Maybe we should have a go @ writing such a program.... it could be useful. C'ya Erle. _______________________________________________ http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
