Navneet Choudhary" <gnu_navneet@yahoo.com wrote:
(Repair filesystem)1# fsck /dev/hda1 fsck 1.32 (09-Nov-2002) e2fsck 1.32 (09-Nov-2002) Couldn't find ext2 superblock, trying backup blocks. Fsck.ext2: Bad magic number in super-block while trying to open /dev/had 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>
I think you are trying to run e2fsck on an EXT3 fs. Just try to run 1. fsck /dev/hda1 2. fsck /dev/hda2 3. fsck /dev/hda5
after booting your system( if it still boots ) into init 1 if not boot into rescue mode using the Redhat 9 cd and run the above commands. try your luck. If it is not a hardware fault ( bad sectors in HDD ) and is able to recover it. You may be up and running in 10 mins.
rgds,
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