Red Hat

can anybody help me to recovermy superblock , the recent power crash has done some stuff on my linux redhat 9 box .

when i startup the machine iam getting the following error:

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>

and when iam prompted to give the root password for maintanance :
i try to enter the password but i got "Login incorrect "


please i need help
thanks
cheers

Hi,

I would suggest two alternatives :

1) If you are not sure of your password , Try to boot on single mode and change the password. Check the default keyboard mapping (qwerty, azerty...)

2) If you are sure, It means that the login daemon is facing problem, this may be caused by the fs corruption, so try to boot on rescue mode and run fsck.


Regards,
Ismail.

I haven't checked the date ... since 2005