While resizing an EBS volume on Amazon AWS I accidentally deleted the ext4 signature.
root@server:~# fdisk /dev/xvdf
Welcome to fdisk (util-linux 2.31.1).
Changes will remain in memory only, until you decide to write them.
Be careful before using the write command.
Command (m for help): d
Selected partition 1
Partition 1 has been deleted.
Command (m for help): n
Partition type
p primary (0 primary, 0 extended, 4 free)
e extended (container for logical partitions)
Select (default p):
Using default response p.
Partition number (1-4, default 1):
First sector (2048-524287999, default 2048):
Last sector, +sectors or +size{K,M,G,T,P} (2048-524287999, default 524287999):
Created a new partition 1 of type 'Linux' and of size 250 GiB.
Partition #1 contains a ext4 signature.
Do you want to remove the signature? [Y]es/[N]o: y
The signature will be removed by a write command.
Command (m for help): w
The partition table has been altered.
Syncing disks.
root@server:~#
root@server:~# resize2fs /dev/xvdf1
resize2fs 1.44.1 (24-Mar-2018)
resize2fs: Device or resource busy while trying to open /dev/xvdf1
Couldn't find valid filesystem superblock.
Is there a way to recover my filesystem?