ext3 bad super block
 

Hi All,
Iam getting the following error while booting the RHL 9 system.


/home: Attempt to read block from filesystem resulted in short read while readin
g block 516

/home: Attempt to read block from filesystem resulted in short read reading jour
nal superblock

e2fsck: Attempt to read block from filesystem resulted in short read while check
ing ext3 journal for /home


I tried the following commands.

#e2fsck -yp -cc -block ### /dev/hda3 (where ### is the alternative super block number)

Still Iam getting the same error.


Regards,
Sridhar Kumar K

try knoppix
 

hi thr,

just try booting ur pc from knoppix & then repair filesystem using the knoppix cd.

most prob. ur file system has been corrupted which can be easily repaired using knoppix

bye

Hi,
I solved the problem. My PC is dual bootable. I went to windows and used "bletch" software to retrieve all the files in my linux partition. Next I created new filesystem by using the command "mkfs -t ext3 -L /home /dev/hda3" . This new filesystem is created in place of the old partition.
Next I copied all the files in Windows to my newly created Linux partition.

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Sridhar Kumar Kotturu

I'm having a similar problem. Can you point me at this "Bletch" software? I cannot seem to find it. Thank you very much, Eric.