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Is there a standard alternate superblock to try for fsck'ing a partition?
Or is there a way to generate the list without destroying the partition?

I don't have the original list of alternate superblocks output by mke2fs.
I'd rather not trash the partition if I don't absolutely have to.
Thanks for any help...

Colin
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The superblocks under ext2 filesystem are stored at 1+i*8192 block locations
(block = 1k). So, one can run  "e2fsck -b 8193", for example.

        Zenon

: Is there a standard alternate superblock to try for fsck'ing a partition?
: Or is there a way to generate the list without destroying the partition?

: I don't have the original list of alternate superblocks output by mke2fs.
: I'd rather not trash the partition if I don't absolutely have to.
: Thanks for any help...

I believe that a superblock exists every 8192 bytes on the drive... there
is a parameter to pass what block to read... try the man page... good luck.

bill

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