[TriLUG] hard drive error; it wants the FSCK

[Douglas Kojetin]

so i started to run fsck, and here's what i got (after i stopped it, 
which may have been a bad decision in itself, but the statement i got 
wasn't too uplifting either):

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dabox > fsck /dev/hdb1
fsck 1.27 (8-Mar-2002)
e2fsck 1.27 (8-Mar-2002)
Group descriptors look bad... trying backup blocks...
Block bitmap for group 512 is not in group.  (block 22020176)
Relocate<y>? yes

Inode bitmap for group 512 is not in group.  (block 22020176)
Relocate<y>? yes

Inode table for group 512 is not in group.  (block 22020184)
WARNING: SEVERE DATA LOSS POSSIBLE.
Relocate<y>?
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i'm not liking that second to last statement.  let me guess ... i'm 
screwed?  good thing there wasn't any important/non-backed data on here 
that i don't need ... but i'd really like to recover it to save time 
later ... but it seems all i can do is hit "y" and hope for the best, 
eh?