dfrench@mtxia.com wrote in message news:<1100647426.512912.139610@f14g2000cwb.googleg roups.com>...
> Pulled directly from the AIX sysadmin manual:
> http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstract...5129.html?Open
>
>
> The problem can be resolved by restoring the backup of the superblock
> over the primary superblock using one of the following commands:
>
> dd count=1 bs=4k skip=31 seek=1 if=/dev/lv00 of=/dev/lv00
>
> The following command works only for AIX 4.x.
>
> fsck -p /dev/lv00
>
> Once the restoration process is completed, check the integrity of the
> file system by issuing the fsck command.
>
> fsck /dev/lv00
>

THANKS
however, I'm running AIX v. 5.x is there a way to run a similar
command in version 5?
> In many cases, restoration of the backup of the superblock to the
> primary superblock will recover the file system. If this does not
> resolve the problem, recreate the file system and restore the data from
> a backup.