On 2020-08-29 17:15, Bruce Perens via Dng wrote:
> Copy the block partition (not the mounted files) to a same size or
> larger
> blank block partition using ddrescue or gddrescue. Try to mount that
> read
> only and copy the files off. If it doesn't work, try to restore the
> superblock using one of the tutorials online.
>

Thanks Bruce . . .

Unfortunately, I don't have spare 1 TB drives laying around. Since that
drive is an exact copy of another still working drive, no critical data
has been lost so no need to copy files.

I'm guessing that this failure is beyond fsck . . .

golinux