Re: Ext2fs problem not cured by e2fsck

["Oliver Elphick" <olly@lfix.co.uk>]

In message <[🔎] 3406D511.57D3@student.uni-tuebingen.de>, writes:
  >Oliver Elphick wrote:
  >> 
  >> I had a power failure yesterday and I have a corrupted filesystem as
  >> a result.  When fsck tried to repair it, it produced some strange
  >> messages, and seems to be unable to repair the problem.
  >> Error reading block 2097164 (Success) while reading inode and block bitm
      >aps.  Ignore error? yes
 
  >Maybe the heads made scratches when the power failed and the medium is
  >corrupt.
  >You could try to make a backup and do a pattern test on the partition
  >(should be an option for mke2fs) like it's done during installation.

I'll be trying this once I've backed up what is recoverable.

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Oliver Elphick                                Oliver.Elphick@lfix.co.uk
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