Re: Oops: UMOUNTING in 2.4.17 / Ext2 Partitions destroyed (3x)

Mike (maneman@gmx.net)
Mon, 31 Dec 2001 20:36:40 +0100


Andreas Dilger wrote:

> On Dec 30, 2001 17:59 +0100, Mike wrote:
> > I tried 'e2fsck -f /dev/hdb3' and it returned:
> > "Filesystem has unsupported Read-Only features while trying to open
> > /dev/hdb3.
>
> Try "tune2fs -l /dev/hdb3" or "debugfs -h /dev/hdb3" (both do the same
> thing - spit out the ext2 filesystem superblock data. What version of
> e2fsck are you using?
>
> > The SuperBlock could not be read or does not describe a correct ext2
> > filesystem.
> > ....If it /is/ ext2 then the Sb is corrupt, run 'e2fsck -b 8193 <device>'"
> >
> > So I do 'e2fsck -b 8193 <device>' and it says: "Bad magic number in SB
> > while trying to open /dev/hdb3"
>
> You are better off trying "e2fsck -B 4096 -b 32768 /dev/hdb3" instead.
>
> Cheers, Andreas
> --
> Andreas Dilger
> http://sourceforge.net/projects/ext2resize/
> http://www-mddsp.enel.ucalgary.ca/People/adilger/

Sorry for the late reply....new year's eve etc...haven't been at my box for
over 24 hours.
I used e2fsck version 1.22 booted as a single user/maintenance system.
-Mike

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