problems with fsck_ffs

[Scott Long]

Simson L. Garfinkel wrote:
> Greetings. I just had a RAID crash which required some recovery with 
> fsck_ffs.
> 
> Two problems with fsck_ffs in 5.2 were discovered:
> 
> 1. There is a divide-by-0 error that happens under some conditions when 
> the contents of the superblock and the backup superblock are partially 
> damaged.
> 
>     =>Would you like a fix for this?

Of course!

> 
> 2. There is no obvious functionality to scan the whole hard-drive for 
> backup superblocks.
> 
>     => I've written such a program. If I integrate it into fsck, will 
> you take the mods?

I'd definitely like to see it.

Scott