Brian J. Murrell
2001-Mar-21 01:34 UTC
debugfs and ext3 0.0.6b - Bad magic number in super-block
One of our users here got the following with an ext3 0.0.6b: # debugfs /dev/hda3 debugfs 1.20-WIP, 17-Jan-2001 for EXT2 FS 0.5b, 95/08/09 /dev/hda3: Bad magic number in super-block while opening filesystem debugfs: Does debugfs need updating? b.
Stephen C. Tweedie
2001-Mar-21 11:20 UTC
Re: debugfs and ext3 0.0.6b - Bad magic number in super-block
Hi, On Tue, Mar 20, 2001 at 05:34:59PM -0800, Brian J. Murrell wrote:> One of our users here got the following with an ext3 0.0.6b: > > # debugfs /dev/hda3 > debugfs 1.20-WIP, 17-Jan-2001 for EXT2 FS 0.5b, 95/08/09 > /dev/hda3: Bad magic number in super-block while opening filesystem > debugfs: > > Does debugfs need updating?The debugfs in recent e2fsprogs should be able to deal with ext3 just fine (I use it all the time). Do you have any more details on this? --Stephen