> On 20030111.1152, Linux Rocks! said ...
>
> The unable to read superbblock deal is a sucky one, but you can also use an 
> alternate superblock, fdisk should tell you how to do this... I think its -b 
> 8192 or something... googleing..... I found this:
> fsck -y /dev/hdb1 (if your / is /dev/hdb1) someone claims it cleans your 
> superblock
> I also found this:
> if you using 1k block size, your backup superblock should be at 8193, boot to 
> single user mode and do a >fsck -b 8193 /dev/hdc
> fsck -b 8193 /dev/hda (is more likely what you would use... 

I'll see what I can do.

> Id suggest doing the fsck from your distro's boot disk, toms root-boot might 
> work just aswell (or heck, got a linux care cd handy?)
> then see what fsck tells  you. If its your superblock, you should get a 
> message that tells you (very specific too!) how to setup an altenate 
> superblock.

I did try to boot with the install disk, and go into rescue mode.  But
rescue mode still wants to mount the root partition, and I get the same
error as mentioned in the first e-mail.

-Rob
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