by Hello, fellow Linux users. I have a problem. And a big one at that.
At my school, we have an e-mail server running Linux something, and the
other day, I unlocked the server room, and found the screen displaying LI
with nothing but the previous BIOS information. What I am saying, is that
LILO does not work, and I know why. I used the boot/root disk to start
up, and when I attempted to mount the ext2 FS on hda, I was given the
message that it does not exist. I know I typed the right command because
I have done it a million itmes before. Later, I don't remember how, I
found that the superblock was corrupt. There is only one partition on the
HD, and the partion system, fdisk, does not recognize it. I have tried
the commend from the "rescue" root disk to recall a superblock copy, but
it does not work. The command I use is "e2fsck -b 8193 hda" (it is an
EXT2 FS), and I get the command that the superblock is corrupt and it
cannot fix the FS, then it tells me to do what I did to get that message,
and puts be back at the # prompt. What I am asking is, is there a way to
look at a trashed FS and find where the copy of the SB is? If not, is
there any way to fix it without re-partioning everything and losing our
customized e-mail system? (that some guy built for us, neglected to give
us the hardware info, software copies, or anything relating to the server
except a key to lock the KB! His name is Nathan from Second Foundation,
and if you know his, have him get a hold of me, please). Thank you for
your time,
Humbily yours,
Kevin Davidson