> Question: can I get any of the data on /dev/hda2 back by
> reconstructing the superblock? I suspect that manual examination
> of the segments on a 2G partition would be quite boring.
you have your redhat cd don't you ?
if your cdrom drive is bootable throw it in, if not make a boot disk
run rescue.
run e2fsck -n /dev/hda2 - it will try and search for a backup superblock,
the -n flag is used to scan in read-only mode
if your happy with the results remove the -n
e2fsck should scan other superblocks, but if for some reason it doesnt
work,
try forcing it:
run e2fsck and specify another superblock
e2fsck -b 8193 /dev/hda2
if you dont have the redhat cd, go and grab toms root/boot disks
www.toms.net
its not uncommon for linux not to mount the root fs if it finds an error -
hopefully for you its something that can be repaired, fingers cross :)
--Steve
>
> The partitions were:
> /dev/hda1: 1GB FAT16
> /dev/hda2: 2GB ext2 Red hat 6.2 running 2.2.12 I think.
> /dev/hda3: 1GB swap space
>
> Jim Donovan
>
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