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From: Light King <thelightking@gmail.com>
To: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: About redicting superblock data of ext2
Date: Sat, 7 Nov 2009 15:50:47 +0530	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <d3540f4d0911070220h73bd1497k82f586c1483ecec4@mail.gmail.com> (raw)

Hi All,

I want to store superblok metadata to another file while formating a
device with ext2 filesystem .

Breifly I m writing my requirements like ----

Let I ve a block device /dev/sda . I want to do mkfs.ext2 which will
format my device with ext2 and it will write all superbck data to the
device . But i want to do like when i ll do makfs.ext2 /dev/sda it shd
write the superblock to another space other tan sda and I shd able to
mount and read write the device sda . so fo his purpose Where shd i
touch and how shd I do this plz any one give some idea .

Why I want to do this ?

ans: I want to save the superblock data if the disk got failed also in
another place .

                 reply	other threads:[~2009-11-07 10:20 UTC|newest]

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