Re: EXT2 fs questions
- To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
- Subject: Re: EXT2 fs questions
- From: Carey Evans <c.evans@clear.net.nz>
- Date: 13 Apr 1998 15:46:57 +1200
- Message-id: <87yaxal6xa.fsf@psyche.evansnet>
- In-reply-to: shaul's message of Tue, 07 Apr 1998 14:51:06 +0300
- References: <m0yMWuA-000qGKC@rakefet>
shaul <shaul@rakefet.debian.org> writes:
> Lately I was forced into single user mode while booting because e2fsck had
> discovered some problems with the HD.
> I was able to pass that after e2fsck -c. However, althought the fs is now
> states itself as clean, running e2fsck -f still shows some errors (problems ?).
[snip]
> 2) Should I do something about these errors ?
Backup your data _now_.
> 3) I was trying to run badblocks, but failed. Probably becuase I didn't
> supplied badblocks all the parameters it required, such as the block size. How
> can I get this information ?
# sfdisk -s /dev/hda1 (or whatever)
What's the warranty on your HD like? Modern IDE drives should only
have a few bad blocks on them, if any. You should definitely backup,
then see if you can return it for a new drive.
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