Re: e2fsck: Bad magic number in super-block

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• Subject: Re: e2fsck: Bad magic number in super-block
• From: Adam Hough <ahough@xxxxxxx>
• Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2006 23:35:00 -0600
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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.

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