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backup superblocks

 
Chakravarthi
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‎11-23-2005 01:15 AM

‎11-23-2005 01:15 AM

backup superblocks

how to know the backup superblocks for a partitions?
and how to recover data from that,

when i do fsck on a partition it gives error message saying super block is not found and recover from backup superblock

i'm using redhat linux

--chakri
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Ivan Ferreira
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‎11-23-2005 01:21 AM

‎11-23-2005 01:21 AM

Re: backup superblocks

You can use dumpe2fs. You will get the block group map, and a line that states "backup superblock at".
Por que hacerlo dificil si es posible hacerlo facil? - Why do it the hard way, when you can do it the easy way?
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Chandan Kumar_1
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‎11-23-2005 01:26 AM

‎11-23-2005 01:26 AM

Re: backup superblocks

Hi Chakravathi,

Following document would help you.

http://www.linuxsa.org.au/tips/superblocks.html

All the best!
Chandan.
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Chakravarthi
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‎11-23-2005 01:42 AM

‎11-23-2005 01:42 AM

Re: backup superblocks

thanks
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