dd if=/dev/disk1s1 of=BUG_backup.ext3.bin tar xvfjv bug-image-production-bug-R1.4-rootfs.ext3.bz2 dd if=bug-image-production-bug-R1.4-rootfs.ext3.bz2 of=/dev/disk1s1 95105+1 records in 95105+1 records out sudo /usr/local/sbin/fsck.ext3 /dev/disk1s1 e2fsck 1.39 (29-May-2006) Couldn't find ext2 superblock, trying backup blocks... /usr/local/sbin/fsck.ext3: Bad magic number in super-block while trying to open /dev/disk1s1 The superblock could not be read or does not describe a correct ext2 filesystem. If the device is valid and it really contains an ext2 filesystem (and not swap or ufs or something else), then the superblock is corrupt, and you might try running e2fsck with an alternate superblock: e2fsck -b 8193 sudo /usr/local/sbin/resize2fs /dev/disk1s1 resize2fs 1.39 (29-May-2006) /usr/local/sbin/resize2fs: Bad magic number in super-block while trying to open /dev/disk1s1 Couldn't find valid filesystem superblock.