mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/mapper/testvg-testlv

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Issue

  • Mount failed with below error:

    # mount <mount-point>
    mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/mapper/testvg-testlv
    
  • e2fsck failed with below error:

    e2fsck: Bad magic number in super-block while trying to open /dev/mapper/testvg-testlv
    
  • tune2fs fails with the following error:

    tune2fs: Bad magic number in super-block while trying to open /dev/mapper/testvg-testlv
    Could not find a valid superblock for the filesystem.
    

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) All
  • XFS
  • EXT

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