linux-ext4 - Re: Corrupted superblock? But disk still mounts.

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Date:	Mon, 18 Aug 2014 13:37:09 -0500
From:	Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...hat.com>
To:	Mark Ballard <markjballard@...glemail.com>,
	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Corrupted superblock? But disk still mounts.

On 8/18/14, 1:14 PM, Mark Ballard wrote:
> Found bad superblock when trying to rename partition using e2label.
> 
> The same problem has prevented me using dumpe2fs, e2fsck and fsck to
> try and resolve the problem.
> 
> But I can still mount the disk and use it.
> 
> The disk is encrypted.

How is /dev/sdb1 encrypted?  Usually this is done with something like dm-crypt.
Or is it hardware encryption managed in the bios?  Did you unlock it?

What does "blkid /dev/sdb1" say?

I'm guessing that it's the encryption getting in your way.

-Eric
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