[NTLUG:Discuss] missing ext3 filesystem

[Rev. wRy]

On Tue, 2006-02-21 at 21:46, Lance Simmons wrote:

> running fsck.ext3 gives this:
> 
>   $ fsck.ext3 /dev/hdg1
>   e2fsck 1.39-WIP (31-Dec-2005)
>   Couldn't find ext2 superblock, trying backup blocks...
>   Superblock has an invalid ext3 journal (inode 8).
>   Clear<y>?
> 
> Yikes!  Is there a handy howto for how to recover ext3 filesystems with
> missing superblocks?  Is this a sign of a hard drive failure?  The
> filesystem was working fine for many months until yesterday, and I don't
> know of any problems with the hard drive.

Might take a peek at:
http://www.cyberciti.biz/nixcraft/vivek/blogger/2005/11/surviving-linux-filesystem-failures.php

Apologies for the long link.

R