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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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Path Info

Level

Advanced

Duration

1h 0m

Published

Apr 04, 2019

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
```
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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