Re: e2fsck: Bad magic number in super-block

["M. Lewis" <cajun cajuninc com>]

Adam Hough wrote:
> Every time I have seen 'bad magic number in super-block' it has been
> cause I was trying to mount something as the wrong type.
>
> "mount -t ext3 /dev/hdc /Big-Drive/"  though generally you would
> mount /dev/hdcX and not just /dev/hdc.

Thanks Adam. Yes, I tried that too. Still no luck:

[root moe ~]# mount -t ext3 /dev/hdc2 /Big-Drive/
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hdc2,
       missing codepage or other error
       In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try
       dmesg | tail  or so



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