This is CentOS-6x. I have cloned the HDD of a CentOS-6 system. I booted a host with that drive and received the following error: checking filesystems /dev/mapper/vg_voinet01-lv_root: clean, 128491/4096000 files, 1554114/16304000 blocks /dev/sda1: clean, 47/120016 files, 80115/512000 blocks /dev/mapper/vg_voinet01-lv_home: clean, 7429/204800 files, 90039/819200 blocks /dev/mapper/vg_voinet01-LogVol04: clean, 770219/20480000 files, 34881086/8102000 blocks fsck.ext4: Bad magic number in super-block while trying to open /dev/mapper/vg_voinet01-lv_log /dev/mapper/vg_voinet01-lv_log 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: e2fsk -b 8193 <device> /dev/mapper/vg_voinet-lv_spool: clean, 372/614400 files, 171186/2457600 blocks *** An error occurred during the file system check. *** Dropping you to a shell; the system will reboot *** when you leave the shell. Give root password for maintenance (or type Control-D to continue): I ran mke2fs to locate the backup superblocks: mke2fs -n /dev/mapper/vg_voinet01-lv_log . . . Superblock backups stored on blocks: 32768, 90304, 163840, 229376, 294912, 819200, 884736, 1605632 and ran: e2fsck -b 32768 /dev/mapper/vg_voinet01-lv_log The superblock could not be read or does not describe a correct ext2 The same thing happened for the next backup superblock addrees. And all the rest reported an invalid argument error from e2fsck. Is this recoverable? How? -- *** e-Mail is NOT a SECURE channel *** Do NOT transmit sensitive data via e-Mail Do NOT open attachments nor follow links sent by e-Mail James B. Byrne mailto:ByrneJB at Harte-Lyne.ca Harte & Lyne Limited http://www.harte-lyne.ca 9 Brockley Drive vox: +1 905 561 1241 Hamilton, Ontario fax: +1 905 561 0757 Canada L8E 3C3