Messages in this thread | | | From | Andreas Dilger <> | Subject | Re: Massive Corruption | Date | Tue, 27 Feb 2001 09:50:16 -0700 (MST) |
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MC Vai writes: > I have a problem with my filesystem, the kernel panics > as soon as it tries to mount the root filesystem. > > I guess it is because of the IDE bug in the driver > Russell found, but he (Russell) suggest me to post > my message here. > > What I've tried up to now: > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > % e2fsck -B 4096 /dev/<part> > % e2fsck -B 8192 /dev/<part> > ... (16384, 32768, etc.) > > % e2fsck -b 4097 /dev/<part> > % e2fsck -b 8193 /dev/<part> > ... (16385, 32769, etc.)
There is a tool called gpart which will search a disk for filesystem headers and such, and will optionally re-build your partition table (if it is corrupted). You should give it a try.
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