Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2003 23:50:56 -0700 From: John-Mark Gurney <gurney_j@efn.org> To: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> Cc: FreeBSD Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: recover superblock Message-ID: <20030825065056.GU10898@funkthat.com> In-Reply-To: <20030825161221.U3593@gamplex.bde.org> References: <20030824192611.GA14668@brain.hadiko.de> <20030824232636.GC14668@brain.hadiko.de> <20030825161221.U3593@gamplex.bde.org>
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Bruce Evans wrote this message on Mon, Aug 25, 2003 at 16:12 +1000: > > Thx to > > http://groups.google.de/groups?selm=Pine.BSF.4.21.0212150052530.41793-100000_root.org%40ns.sol.net&oe=UTF-8&output=gplain > > Not really solved. fsck_ffs is supposed to be able to find alternative > superblocks automatically, and the primary superblock shouldn't get > trashed. Apparently the first alternative is at offset 32 (this is > a normal place for it IIRC), but fsck_ffs can't find it there for > some reason. I've also had the problem of when you do use an alternate superblock via -b, it doesn't over drive the primary. If you have a disk with bad blocks on the primary, you have to manualy rewrite it with dd. -- John-Mark Gurney Voice: +1 415 225 5579 "All that I will do, has been done, All that I have, has not."
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