On Sunday, 17 November 2019 20:35:33 GMT n952162 wrote: > On 11/17/19 16:06, Mick wrote: > > You keep top-posting and inverting the logical Q/A flow of this thread ... > > > > On Sunday, 17 November 2019 12:53:51 GMT n952162 wrote: > >> Ah, now I see. Yes, in that respect, that is, if you don't have a > >> chance to get /forcefsck written. > > > > Running fsck manually with various options and then trying to recover > > various superblock locations could get you farther than simply running > > fsck in an accepting fashion. > > Have you had any experience with this? I spent days search for that > superblock once, even writing a pgm to search for the magic number, > after working with dump2fs, and never got anywhere. I'd sure like to > hear that somebody had success with it.
Yes, I vaguely remember using it in the past. Some heavy handed user pressed the power button, leaving the fs dangling. Through trial & error I found a backup superblock listed by dumpe2fs, which worked and allowed the fs to be accessed with minimal loss of data. I don't know if this would be the case under all eventualities. -- Regards, Mick
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