> > > It says: > > > > > > /dev/VolGroup00/. 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> > > > > > > So I tried e2fsck -b 8193 /dev/VolGroup00 > > > > > > and it seems I get the same error coming up over and over > > > > > > I tried: > > > > > > fsck -y b=8193 /dev/VolGroup00 as well > > > > > > Any thoughts? > > > > You need to fsck each logical volume, not the whole volume group, e.g. > > > > e2fsck -b 8193 /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol01 > sure, I thought of that too. > > under /dev/VolGroup00 is LogVol00, LogVol01, LogVol02. > > I do e2fsck -b 8193 /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 and I get the same super block error above. > > Same with LogVol01 and 02. Forgot: e2fsck: Bad magic number in super-block while trying to open LogVol00 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>