How to find primary and backup Superblock

dumpe2fs prints the super block and blocks group information for the filesystem present on device.

#dumpe2fs /dev/hda4 | grep -i superblock
dumpe2fs 1.39 (29-May-2006)
Primary superblock at 0, Group descriptors at 1-1
Backup superblock at 32768, Group descriptors at 32769-32769
Backup superblock at 98304, Group descriptors at 98305-98305
Backup superblock at 163840, Group descriptors at 163841-163841
Backup superblock at 229376, Group descriptors at 229377-229377
Backup superblock at 294912, Group descriptors at 294913-294913
Backup superblock at 819200, Group descriptors at 819201-819201
Backup superblock at 884736, Group descriptors at 884737-884737
Backup superblock at 1605632, Group descriptors at 1605633-1605633

Now you can use the command below to repair the file system.

e2fsck - check a Linux ext2/ext3 file system

One Response to “How to find primary and backup Superblock”

  1. 3indirecton 12 Jan 2022 at 10:42 pm

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