Re: mounting a ext2fs part and need fsck_ext2fs

[walt <wa1ter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Kevin L. Kane wrote:
> Im trying to mount a ext2fs partition from dragonfly but I keep
> getting a error like this:
>
> mount_ext2fs: /dev/ad2s1: Invalid argument

What command are you using to mount the partition?

> There wasnt much info about why this happens, I did find a post
> somewhere that said if its a ext3 part that got shutdown improper you
> need to fsck first before mounting it.
>
> Is there another issue that it might be? And can anyone point me at a
> place to get fsck_ext2fs for my dfly machine that wont be a complete
> hack :).

You can find e2fsprogs in pkgsrc/sysutils.  I've never tried it but I
see no reason it shouldn't work.  I think I'd try it on a test partition
before using on something valuable, however.