Bad magic number in Super Block

[Clayton Stapleton]

Thanks All;
I did as suggested and e2fsck /dev/hdb1&3. 2 is a swap partition.
Had the same results. Started the Debian OS on /dev/hda3 and
fdisk /dev/hdb. Then deleted /dev/hdb2 (swap) and created a new
/dev/hdb2 as a regular partition and then ran mkfs -t ext2 /dev/hdb2.
Had the same results again. So I have tried everything I can think of.
And so tomorrow will be a re-install.
Clay

kallen3@icircus.net wrote:

> The problem you are having is that you are not indicating which partition,
> just the drive. You need to try  "e2fsck /dev/hdb#" without the quotes of
> course and replace the # with the partiton number.
> 
>> 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.
>>> 
>>> BTW, for SuSE specific questions, you could joing the suse-linux-e 
>>> mailing list, or if you do not want to be bothered with the constant 
>>> deluge of mail on that list then you can search the archives. Sign up 
>>> at:
>>> 
>>> http://www.suse.com/us/support/mailinglists/index.html
>>> 
>>> Search the archives at:
>>> 
>>> http://lists.suse.com/archives/suse-linux-e/
>> 
>> 
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