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Recover a Corrupted Filesystem

In this exercise, you will repair and mount two corrupted file systems. *This course is not approved or sponsored by Red Hat.*

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Clock icon Advanced
Duration
Clock icon 1h 0m
Published
Clock icon Apr 04, 2019

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Table of Contents

  1. Challenge

    Resolve the first mount in /etc/fstab.

    Attempt to mount the first mount listed in /etc/fstab:

    mount /storage1

    Note that it is an XFS filesystem, and repair it:

    xfs_repair /dev/xvdb1

    Attempt to mount the filesystem again:

    mount /storage1

    Verify the files within /storage1 are available:

    ll /storage1

  2. Challenge

    Resolve the second mount in /etc/fstab.

    Attempt to mount the first mount listed in /etc/fstab:

    mount /storage2

    Note that it is an ext4 filesystem, and repair it:

    e2fsck -p -b 8193 /dev/xvdb2

    Attempt to mount the filesystem again:

    mount /storage2

    Verify the files within /storage1 are available:

    ll /storage2
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