Bad magic number in Super Block

[Clayton Stapleton]

Thanks Pete;
Tried your suggestion with the same results.
Went to Debian on /dev/hda2 and did the following:
   e2fsck /dev/hdb
   Couldn't find ext2 super-block while trying to open /dev/hdb.

   The super-block could not be read or does not describe a correct ext2 
filesystem.
   If the device is valid and it really contains an ext2 filesystem (and 
not swap or ufs
   or something else), then the super-block is corrupt, and you might 
try running
   e2fsck with an alternate super-block:
       e2fsck -b 8193 <device>
Tried the alternate super-block with no success. Guess it will be a 
re-install after all.
Clay

Pete Buechler wrote:

> On Saturday 06 January 2001 08:26 am, Clayton Stapleton wrote:
> 
>>> Hi Folks;
>> 
>> My SuSE 6.4 partition has developed a problem, When I start the SuSE
>> partition
>> I get the following:
>>    /dev/hdb1 clean, 24/5040 files, 3179/20128 blocks  failed
>>    Loading keymap qwerty/us.map.gz                        failed
>> 
>>    fsck failed. Please repair manually and reboot. The root file
>> system is currently
>>    mounted read-onle. To remount it read-write do:
>>    bash#mount -n -o remount, rw /
>> 
>> I have not a clue on how to correct this problem. If it is not a
>> simple correction
>> then I will re-install SuSE 6.4.
>> TIA
>> Clay Stapleton
> 
> 
> Before you re-install, try to login as root and then type
> 
> fsck.ext2 /dev/hdb1
> 
> It will find problems in the disk and ask you if you want to fix them. 
> Say "yes" as many times as necessary. When you are done logout by 
> typing CTRL-D and the computer will reboot. Hopefully all will be well.
> 
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