On Wed, 13 May 1998, Bob Hilliard wrote: > Stephen Carpenter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> asks: > > ....hmm..is tehre a way to get that info from a working drive? I > > would like to dump it to a text file and throw it on a rescue disk > > There is a program /sbin/findsuper in the e2fsprogs package that > sounds like it might be what you want. Unfortunately it doesn't have > either man page or info file (except the standard default saying there > isn't one). findsuper --help and findsuper -h yield nothing helpful. > I can't find a reference to findsuper in /usr/doc/e2fsprogs. > > However, findsuper <devname> produces a list of superblocks. It > works whether the file system is mounted or not.
I've found dumpe2fs more useful (in the same package). Cheers, -- Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: +44 1908 653 739 Fax: +44 1908 655 151 Snail: David Wright, Earth Science Dept., Milton Keynes, England, MK7 6AA Disclaimer: These addresses are only for reaching me, and do not signify official stationery. Views expressed here are either my own or plagiarised. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
