Re: fs corruption recovery?

[Kervin Pierre <kpierre@fit.edu>]

Thanks for the reply,

 >Try "e2fsck -B 4096 -b 32768 <device>" instead.
 >

  e2fsck -B 4096 -b 32768  /dev/hdc1

e2fsck 1.25 (20-Sep-2001)
e2fsck: Attempt to read block from filesystem resulted in short read
while trying to open /dev/hdc1
Could this be a zero-length partition?


Does ext keep a backup of that backup?  :)

Are there any other options?

 >
 >Is the data really that valuable, and you don't have a backup?  It may
 >cost you several thousand dollars to do a recovery from such a company.
 >Yet, it isn't worth doing backups, it appears.
 >
Not the smartest thing I've done, I'll admit. :)

-Kervin