rob wrote > I did something stupid (not rebooting after a re-partition), and so > now after I finally did reboot, I've got a partition with a bunch of > data on it that can't be mounted. Both mount and e2fsck complain > about not being able to find the superblock. I can get some of the > data off of it by just running strings on the partition, but I'd > really rather find the superblock and bring it back to life. The data > there is not critical (it's just my Debian mirror partition), but I'd > rather not have to reconstruct that through my modem link if I don't > have to.
> Is there some "magic number" or unique header I can search for that > will tell me where one of the (backup) super blocks is stored? If you go to yesterday's "ask slashdot" about corrupted hard disks, someonethere mentions a program which searches the entire hd for a superblock. rick -- These opinions will not be those of ISU until it pays my retainer.
