http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=567908 http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=567908#c0 Summary: e2fsck gives misleading message when device name misspelled Classification: openSUSE Product: openSUSE 11.2 Version: Final Platform: x86-64 OS/Version: openSUSE 11.2 Status: NEW Severity: Enhancement Priority: P5 - None Component: Basesystem AssignedTo: bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: m.munnix@redcross.be QAContact: qa@suse.de Found By: --- Blocker: --- User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-GB; rv:1.9.1.6) Gecko/20091201 SUSE/3.5.6-1.1.1 Firefox/3.5.6 When the device name is misspelled, the output suggests to specify an alternate superblock. As most users will read the last line first, e2fsck shouldn't write this whole paragraph at all : # fsck -t ext4 /dev/mapper/rootvg-rotlv fsck from util-linux-ng 2.16 e2fsck 1.41.9 (22-Aug-2009) fsck.ext4: No such file or directory while trying to open /dev/mapper/rootvg-rotlv 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> Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.