Anyone know how to fix this problem?

[Rick Stevens]

Paul wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> 
>>Use "dumpe2fs -b >/tmp/badblocks" to get a list of the bad blocks in
>>/tmp/badblocks. 
> 
> 
> All that returns is Couldn't find valid filesystem superblock in the
> file.

Sorry, my typo.  "dumpe2fs -b /dev/hdaX >/tmp/badblocks", replacing
"/dev/hdaX" with the device name of the _partition_ you're trying to
fix.

>>Edit that file and add an entry for block 1, then
>>run "badblocks -i /tmp/badblocks" to mark the block as bad.
> 
> 
> Given the above error, how am I supposed to add an entry for that? The
> man page for badblocks isn't exactly revealing much.

If the corrected command above comes back with no listing, then:

	badblocks -i -

and enter "1" at the prompt.  "-i -" reads the list from stdin rather
than a file, and if you don't have any bad block list, that's what
you'll have to do.
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