no good...
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root@2[knoppix]# /sbin/fsck.ext3 /dev/hdb1
e2fsck 1.37 (21-Mar-2005)
/sbin/fsck.ext3: Filesystem revision too high while trying to open /dev/hdb1
The filesystem revision is apparently too high for this version of e2fsck.
(Or the filesystem superblock is corrupt)
The superblock could not be read or does not describe a correct ext2
filesystem. If the device is valid and it really contains an ext2
filesystem (and not swap or ufs or something else), then the superblock
is corrupt, and you might try running e2fsck with an alternate superblock:
e2fsck -b 8193 <device>
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but i know the syntax is right, because it works on my ext3 home partition:
root@2[knoppix]# /sbin/fsck.ext3 /dev/hdb4
e2fsck 1.37 (21-Mar-2005)
/home: clean, 26779/5217280 files, 990322/5217108 blocks
root@2[knoppix]#