FS Repair a Corrupted Filesystem: Difference between revisions

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Locate the superblock backups of the filesystem.
1. # dump2fs /dev/<device> | grep -i superblock
Choose a superblock backup location, and check the filesystem using fsck.
1. # fsck -b <superblock backup location> /dev/<device>
Attempt to mount the filesystem.

The filesystem can also be mounted by passing the location of the backup superblock to the mount command.
1. # mount sb=<superblock backup location> /dev/<device> <mount location>

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-=== Linux ===
+== Linux ==
-# Create and allocate the disk to the Linux guest on the VMWare Host.
+# Locate the superblock backups of the filesystem.
-## <tt>''''''</tt>
+## <tt>'''# dump2fs /dev/<device> | grep -i superblock'''</tt>
-# Review the messages log for the new device name of the disk.
+# Choose a superblock backup location, and check the filesystem using <tt>'''fsck'''</tt>.
-## <tt>'''# tail /var/log/messages'''</tt>
+## <tt>'''# fsck -b <superblock backup location> /dev/<device>'''</tt>
-# Follow the [[LVM Install a New Physical Volume|PV Install]] Procedure.
+# Attempt to mount the filesystem.
+# The filesystem can also be mounted by passing the location of the backup superblock to the <tt>'''mount'''</tt> command.
+## <tt>'''# mount sb=<superblock backup location> /dev/<device> <mount location>'''</tt>
 == Further Reading ==
-# [http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/vmware-add-a-new-hard-disk-without-rebooting-guest.html VMWare/Linux - Add a New Hard Disk without Rebooting]
+# [http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/recover-bad-superblock-from-corrupted-partition/ Recover Corrupted Partition From A Bad Superblock]
 [[Category:Linux]]