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| author | Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu> | 1998-02-01 00:16:40 +0000 |
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| committer | Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu> | 1998-02-01 00:16:40 +0000 |
| commit | 24dd4028eb2b0083fe772fb88de2ecd29b43f908 (patch) | |
| tree | 2e0f1307d7481eb6b5c43ada79a382c373ac99ed /e2fsck/e2fsck.8.in | |
| parent | dedf1b2768c1e21ef05d3b7d19001c72bfdb7549 (diff) | |
| download | e2fsprogs-24dd4028eb2b0083fe772fb88de2ecd29b43f908.tar.gz | |
ChangeLog, e2fsck.8.in, unix.c:
unix.c (main): In the case where the filesystem revision is too high,
print the message about the superblock possibly being corrupt.
e2fsck.8.in: Add expanded comments about how the -b option works.
Diffstat (limited to 'e2fsck/e2fsck.8.in')
| -rw-r--r-- | e2fsck/e2fsck.8.in | 9 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/e2fsck/e2fsck.8.in b/e2fsck/e2fsck.8.in index 9cf90356..03cbd68c 100644 --- a/e2fsck/e2fsck.8.in +++ b/e2fsck/e2fsck.8.in @@ -40,9 +40,14 @@ suggested that people use option whenever possible. .TP .I -b superblock -Instead of using the normal superblock, use the alternative superblock +Instead of using the normal superblock, use an alternative superblock specified by -.IR superblock . +.IR superblock . This option is normally used when the primary superblock +has been corrupted; most filesystems have primary superblocks located at +blocks 8193, 16385, etc. If an alternative superblock is specified and +the filesystem is not opened read-only, e2fsck will make sure that the +primary superblock is updated appropriately upon completion of the +filesystem check. .TP .I -B blocksize Normally, |