Re: Ext2 defragmentation
TenThumbs (tenthumbs@cybernex.net)
Wed, 17 Nov 1999 12:26:52 -0500
"Theodore Y. Ts'o" wrote:
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> Doesn't this change in e2fsprogs make it harder to recover data from
> a corrupt fs since there's no obvious way to know where to look for
> backup superblocks.
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> Yes, there is that downside. We should have put at least one set of
> backup superblocks at a fixed location, but that's one of the things we
> didn't do when we were originally designing ext2. Hmmm... it may be
> possible to put a fixed superblock on larger-sized filesystems by having
> mke2fs create a .backup_superblock file, which make life easier for some
> folks. (Folks who decide they desparately need the extra space back can
> just delete the file.)
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> - Ted
Isn't this still the problem of storing fs metadata within a potentially
corrupt fs? I think storing the backup superblock locations outside the fs
would be a good idea. Is it possible to add an option to tune2fs to report
this info so one could store it on a floppy or print it or something?
I've noticed another anomaly. When mke2fs 1.18 creates a 1.3GB partition, it
says the first backup superblock is at 32768 not 32769. Is this an off-by-one
error?
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