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Mike Martin wrote: > Hi I have a wierd problem with a partition on my laptop. > I have a partition which screwd up resizing (original vista partition) > I fdisked the format to linux and then did mkefs and copied a bunch of > files over - everything seemed to go well - however when I try to > mount I get > > mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sda2, > missing codepage or other error > In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try > dmesg | tail or so > > /sbin/e2fsck /dev/sda2 > e2fsck 1.39 (29-May-2006) > Couldn't find ext2 superblock, trying backup blocks... > /sbin/e2fsck: Bad magic number in super-block while trying to open /dev/sda2 > > 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> > > mount /dev/sda2 /mnt > $MFT has invalid magic. > Failed to load $MFT: Input/output error > Failed to startup volume: Input/output error > Failed to mount '/dev/sda2': Input/output error > NTFS is inconsistent. Run chkdsk /f on Windows then reboot it TWICE! > The usage of the /f parameter is very IMPORTANT! No modification was > made to NTFS by this software. > > cant understand now (it shouldn't be fscking ntfs) > Hmmm.... maybe it didn't format properly. Could you write zeroes over the partition with... dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda2 bs=1M and then try creating a filesystem on it? Other than that I guess try deleting the partition in fdisk and recreate it? Rob -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html