1 ext2fs_open2: The ext2 superblock is corrupt 2 ../e2fsck/e2fsck: Superblock invalid, trying backup blocks... 3 ../e2fsck/e2fsck: The ext2 superblock is corrupt while trying to open test.img 4 5 The superblock could not be read or does not describe a correct ext2 6 filesystem. If the device is valid and it really contains an ext2 7 filesystem (and not swap or ufs or something else), then the superblock 8 is corrupt, and you might try running e2fsck with an alternate superblock: 9 e2fsck -b 8193 <device> 10 11 Exit status is 8 12