recovering FC3 from a bad superblock

[Fred]

aluminumsulfate at earthlink.net wrote:
...

>In theory, yes.  In reality, no so much.  Just try adding a little NT4
>SP3 or 2K AS to your linux box.  That's all it'll take to hose your
>beloved linux filesystems.  Obviously, you guys have a much higher
>tolerance for data loss than I do.  My tolerance for data corruption
>is essentially zero. 
>
I did have a version of Doze corrupt my Linux partition once. But that 
was a while ago. Today, they seem to coexist fine. The only time I'd 
worry is if you play around with disk partitioning tools on the Windows 
side that may not recognize Linux partions when they see it.

In fact, I don't trust partitioning tools, period. Too paranoid, I 
guess. I'd much rather just repartition and reinstall the OSes. Cleaner 
that way. And I *know* what to expect.

> Simply the fact that you're running win anything
>means your system is more likely to go nutz on you.  Additionally,
>there's nothing to stop win (any version) from accessing (trashing,
>etc. fill in the blank with your favorite form of destuction) your
>linux partitions if it so fancies.  To be fair, though, win9x does
>cohabitate *relatively* well with linux.  The only problem I've had
>with win9x variants on linux systems was that stupid Y2K bug I
>mentioned.
>  
>
And anyone who is compelled to still run win9x today has my sympathies. 
You'd probably be better off running that under a Windows emulator under 
Linux. At least you don't have to worry about your partitions anymore, 
and when win9x goes nusto, just restore from a backup copy of the disk 
image!

>I'm not going to lecture y'all on the risks of running windoze on
>valuable data.  If you haven't had any problems, that's great.  Just
>consider yourselves lucky.  And... consider yourselves warned.
>
>  
>
I think we all here know just how 'reliable' Doze of any stripe can be. 
A good test for Doze reliability is the experession on Bill Gate's face 
when you suggest to him that his lifesupport system should be run on 
*any* Doze OS.

Gives new meaning to the phrase "blue screen of death!" And blue his 
complexion would be...

-Fred