This is the result of your instructions, Marcia.
~~~
root@bmike1:/home/bmike1# fsck /dev/sda6
fsck 1.34-WIP (21-May-2003)
e2fsck 1.34-WIP (21-May-2003)
Couldn't find ext2 superblock, trying backup blocks...
fsck.ext3: Bad magic number in super-block while trying to open /dev/sda6

The superblock 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 superblock
is corrupt, and you might try running e2fsck with an alternate superblock:
    e2fsck -b 8193 <device>
~~~
One of the problems may be that it is ext3 format. Because such is the case I 
took the command they suggest (e2fsck -b 8193 <device>) and modified it to 
e3fsck -b 8193 </dev/sda6> in the hopes that would solve the problem. Yet the 
response was the same.
~~~
root@bmike1:/home/bmike1# e2fsck -b 8193 /dev/sda6
e2fsck 1.34-WIP (21-May-2003)
e2fsck: Bad magic number in super-block while trying to open /dev/sda6

The superblock 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 superblock
is corrupt, and you might try running e2fsck with an alternate superblock:
    e2fsck -b 8193 <device>
~~~
So what should i try now?
(I really wish I had been raised with Unix rather than M$.)
:)~MIKE~(:
On Sunday 03 August 2003 08:41 pm, Marcia Wilbur wrote:
> Did you do fsck /dev/sda6?
>
> fix this? Y
> fixt that? Y
>
> If you didn't, I think you can just reboot and it will give you the error
> and you can give it the root pwd to fix, then type the command. Answer
> y,y,y
>
> On Sun, 3 Aug 2003, Michael Havens wrote:
> > fsck.ext3 Bad magic number in superblock while trying to open /dev/sda6
> > /dev/sda6
> > The superblock could not be read. (blaah blaah)
> >
> > After this error message was the instruction to press control-d to
> > contiue the bootup if I determined (blaah blaah). After it finishe
> > booting I found that I could open sda6 anyways.
> > (I got this error last night BEFORE I messesd with the permissions)
> >
> > Any ideas how to fix it?
> >
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