Frequently Asked Questions About Linux / UNIX » e2fsck command http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq Every answer asks a more beautiful question. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:38:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Linux: Find Alternative Superblockshttp://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-find-alternative-superblocks/ http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-find-alternative-superblocks/#comments Mon, 06 Dec 2010 21:28:26 +0000 Vivek Gite http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/?p=9526 I think my file system has been damaged. Instead of block 1, I want to use block n as superblock. How do I find out an alternative superblock location under Linux?]]> http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-find-alternative-superblocks/feed/ 2 Linux: Recover Corrupted Partition From A Bad Superblockhttp://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/recover-bad-superblock-from-corrupted-partition/ http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/recover-bad-superblock-from-corrupted-partition/#comments Fri, 15 Aug 2008 21:33:07 +0000 Vivek Gite http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/?p=1429 Q. How can I Recover a bad superblock from a corrupted ext3 partition to get back my data? I'm getting following error:

/dev/sda2: Input/output error
mount: /dev/sda2: can't read superblock

How do I fix this error?]]> http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/recover-bad-superblock-from-corrupted-partition/feed/ 24 Linux Optimize Directories ( File Access Time ) in ext3 Filesystemhttp://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/tunning-linux-ext3-filesystem/ http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/tunning-linux-ext3-filesystem/#comments Sat, 05 Jan 2008 12:08:23 +0000 Vivek Gite http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/tunning-linux-ext3-filesystem/ http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/tunning-linux-ext3-filesystem/feed/ 18 Can I run fsck or e2fsck when Linux file system is mounted?http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/can-i-run-fsck-or-e2fsck-when-linux-file-system-is-mounted/ http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/can-i-run-fsck-or-e2fsck-when-linux-file-system-is-mounted/#comments Tue, 05 Dec 2006 19:13:55 +0000 Vivek Gite http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/can-i-run-fsck-or-e2fsck-when-linux-file-system-is-mounted/ http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/can-i-run-fsck-or-e2fsck-when-linux-file-system-is-mounted/feed/ 16