Ashley M. Kirchner wrote: > On 5/10/2011 12:30 PM, Brunner, Brian T. wrote: >> mke2fs -n /dev/hde1 should list you the block addresses where copies of >> the superblock would be found. >> >> Set ASB=any one of the alternate blocks listed. >> Then, try mount -t ext3 -o sb=$ASB /dev/hda2 /mnt > > Thanks! I will try that as soon as dd_rescue is done running ... > in about 16 hours or so. Considering the data on this drive, I'm > willing to risk and try to copy everything off before forging ahead with > trying to mount the thing and possibly damaging it even more. I will byte and actually say it: Use Backups for important data you can not afford to lose. rsync or similar tool can be used via cron to make sure important files are saved. Ljubomir