if you want to know the truth I never made sda6. I made the swap drive (sda1) and sda5. sda6 just appeared. Mike On Tuesday 05 August 2003 01:40 am, Thomas Cameron wrote: > Did you run mkfs on it when you first made that partition? > > On Mon, 2003-08-04 at 09:48, Michael Havens wrote: > > I tried all of them. > > I tried differant options. > > It always returned the sam: > > ~~~ > > 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 > > (sometimes there was additional info but I do not think it is seeing it) > > ~~~ > > ~):Mike:(~ > > > > Following is the printout of my actions. > > > > bmike1@bmike1:~$ su > > Password: > > root@bmike1:/home/bmike1# e2fsck -f /dev/sda6 > > e2fsck 1.34-WIP (21-May-2003) > > Couldn't find ext2 superblock, trying backup blocks... > > 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 > > > > root@bmike1:/home/bmike1# e2fsck -B 8193 /dev/sda6 > > e2fsck 1.34-WIP (21-May-2003) > > Couldn't find ext2 superblock, trying backup blocks... > > e2fsck: Invalid argument 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 > > > > 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 > > > > root@bmike1:/home/bmike1# e2fsck -b 16384 /dev/sda6 > > e2fsck 1.34-WIP (21-May-2003) > > e2fsck: Invalid argument 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 > > > > root@bmike1:/home/bmike1# e2fsck -b 16383 /dev/sda6 > > e2fsck 1.34-WIP (21-May-2003) > > e2fsck: Invalid argument 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 > > > > root@bmike1:/home/bmike1# e2fsck -p /dev/sda6 > > e2fsck: Bad magic number in super-block while trying to open /dev/sda6 > > /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 > > > > root@bmike1:/home/bmike1# e2fsck -C /dev/sda6 > > Usage: e2fsck [-panyrcdfvstDFSV] [-b superblock] [-B blocksize] > > [-I inode_buffer_blocks] [-P process_inode_size] > > [-l|-L bad_blocks_file] [-C fd] [-j ext-journal] > > [-E extended-options] device > > > > Emergency help: > > -p Automatic repair (no questions) > > -n Make no changes to the filesystem > > -y Assume "yes" to all questions > > -c Check for bad blocks and add them to the badblock > > list -f Force checking even if filesystem is marked > > clean -v Be verbose > > -b superblock Use alternative superblock > > -B blocksize Force blocksize when looking for superblock > > -j external-journal Set location of the external journal > > -l bad_blocks_file Add to badblocks list > > -L bad_blocks_file Set badblocks list > > root@bmike1:/home/bmike1# e2fsck -cc /dev/sda6 > > e2fsck 1.34-WIP (21-May-2003) > > Couldn't find ext2 superblock, trying backup blocks... > > 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 > > > > root@bmike1:/home/bmike1# e2fsck -b 32768 /dev/sda6 > > e2fsck 1.34-WIP (21-May-2003) > > e2fsck: Invalid argument 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 > > > > On Monday 04 August 2003 10:19 am, technomage wrote: > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > > > hmmmmmmm. > > > well, the only other thing I can suggest is read the manpage on e2fsck > > > (man e2fsck). it has some suggestions in it for other block numbers. > > > try any or all of them. > > > > > > Mage > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss