Re: Corrupt superblocks

[Eric Sandeen <sandeen@redhat.com>]

fabian-buettner@gmx.de wrote:

> So maybe i did harm my fs by running e2fsck -b?

If /dev/vg/root didn't exist, no filesystem was harmed in the process I
am sure.  :)

> Because running fsck afterwards gave me a lot of those Group descriptor 
> checksum fixing proposals?
> I am surprised that e2fsck just told me that my fs is clean.
> 
> Do you have a clue why an entry in my /etc/fsab like
> /dev/vg/root            /               ext4            noatime         0 0

This tells the initscripts not to try running fsck on /dev/vg/root at
all (see man fstab)

> works, while
> /dev/vg/root            /               ext4            noatime         0 1
> doesnt?

These are probably questions for your distribution; it sounds like the
initscripts are not able to point e2fsck at the proper device, at the
proper time...

-Eric

> - fabian