[PLUG] superblock problem

[Galen Seitz]

Carlos Konstanski wrote:
>> Thanks, but I got back the same errors:
>>
>>
>> e2fsck -pv /dev/hdb
>> hd2: Attempt to read block from filesystem resulted in short read 
>> while reading block 524
>> hd2: Attempt to read block from filesystem resulted in short read 
>> reading journal superblock
>> e2fsck: Attempt to read block from filesystem resulted in short read 
>> while checking ext3 journal for hd2
> 
> e2fsck is a wrapper for fsck.  If fsck throws these errors, e2fsck
> will too.
> 
> Here's something that may be worth a try:
> 
> http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2005/03/msg00584.html
> 
> It involves dd-ing your hard drive to a big ol' file, and then
> mounting the file -o loop.

If you go this route, you should probably use dd_rescue.

http://www.garloff.de/kurt/linux/ddrescue/


galen