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e2fsprogs package

  1. Bug #1713175
  2. Comment #7

Comment 7 for bug 1713175

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Phillip Susi (psusi) wrote :

I have to disagree; the only tool that uses the backup superblock is e2fsck, and if you accidentally run wipefs on the volume, you should be able to recover it with e2fsck.

If you don't want to attempt to recover a filesystem there, then don't run e2fsck.