ext4 superblock not recognized

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passzschu
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Joined: 03 Dec 2014, 07:28

ext4 superblock not recognized

#1 Post by passzschu »

Can somebody explain why the superblock on the right in the screenshot is not recognized?
And how can i fix this?
The left one is working...

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Corresponding to https://ext4.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Ext4_Disk_Layout the only missleading byte is at position octal ...072 (the value 00 is not allowed here).

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Fiona
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Re: ext4 superblock not recognized

#2 Post by Fiona »

Did you already try to fix your superblock?
Info:
http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/Advanced ... SuperBlock

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