Note: if there is several inode or block bitmap blocks which require relocation, or one part of the inode table which must be moved, you may wish to try running e2fsck with the '-b 8193' option first. The problem may lie only with the primary block group descriptor, and the backup block group descriptor may be OK. Inode table for group 0 is not in group. (block 40000) WARNING: SEVERE DATA LOSS POSSIBLE. Relocate? yes ../e2fsck/e2fsck: A block group is missing an inode table while reading bad blocks inode This doesn't bode well, but we'll try to go on... Pass 1: Checking inodes, blocks, and sizes Relocating group 0's inode table to 5... Restarting e2fsck from the beginning... Pass 1: Checking inodes, blocks, and sizes Root inode is not a directory. Clear? yes Pass 2: Checking directory structure Pass 3: Checking directory connectivity Root inode not allocated. Allocate? yes /lost+found not found. Create? yes Pass 4: Checking reference counts Pass 5: Checking group summary information Block bitmap differences: -(11--21) Fix? yes Free blocks count wrong for group #0 (78, counted=89). Fix? yes Free blocks count wrong (78, counted=89). Fix? yes test_filesys: ***** FILE SYSTEM WAS MODIFIED ***** test_filesys: 11/32 files (0.0% non-contiguous), 11/100 blocks Exit status is 1