How do you copy a backup superblock to the primary position? Or how so you tell the computer to look at a backup superblock?..... there it is! (here) "sudo e2fsck -b block_number /dev/ xxx" I have a question: The first backup superblockwas at 131072. Are other backup blocks located every 131072? On Sat, Feb 18, 2012 at 5:28 PM, Matt Graham > Also, if you're having trouble mounting an ext23 filesystem, something you > might want to try is to mount it using the backup superblocks. "mount -t > ext3 > -o sb=131072 /dev/sda2 /mnt/somewhere" is the canonical first backup > superblock to try. Or since reading the disk appears to be working, copy > each > partition somewhere, make a copy of that copy, and attempt to work on that > copy with e2fsck and/or debugfs. > > -- > Matt G / Dances With Crows > The Crow202 Blog: http://crow202.org/wordpress/ > There is no Darkness in Eternity/But only Light too dim for us to see > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- :-)~MIKE~(-: