[linux-lvm] Lost filesystems on LVs (forgot the attachment)

[Andreas Dilger]

You write:
> I have 1.19 version. Here is the output of the fsck:
> 
> e2fsck /dev/NORAID_HDX/backups
> e2fsck 1.19ea, 30-Aug-2000 for EXT2 FS 0.5b, 95/08/09
> Group descriptors look bad... trying backup blocks...
> e2fsck: Bad magic number in super-block while trying to open
> /dev/NORAID_HDX/backups
>  
> 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>
>  
> [root at fatboy filesrv]#
> 
> e2fsck -b 8193 doesn't help...

Try e2fsck -b 32768 -B 4096
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