Another fsck error at startup

hmmm,
I had this very same problem.
might I suggest you use another block number (say for a 4K block setting). it
worked for me

e2fsck -b 32768 <device>



Mage

On Sunday 03 August 2003 08:20 pm, Thomas Cameron wrote:
> Please post the results of:
>
> cat /proc/partitions
> cat /etc/fstab
> fdisk -l /dev/sda
>
> Thanks,
> Thomas Cameron, RHCE, CNE, MCSE, MCT
> Cameron Technical Services, Inc.
> http://www.camerontech.com/
> (512) 454-3200
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael Havens" <bmike1@vei.net>
> To: <plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>
> Sent: Sunday, August 03, 2003 9:55 AM
> Subject: Re: Another fsck error at startup
>
> > 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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