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Re: [Question] Harddisk Error!!!



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On Sunday 14 April 2002 10:44 pm, ben wrote:
> On Sunday 14 April 2002 10:40 pm, Alvin Oga wrote:
> > hi ya axacheng
> >
> > > fileserver:/# e2fsck -v -y /dev/hda
> > > bash: /sbin/e2fsck: Input/output error
> >
> > you cannot run e2fsck on a "disk"... you need to run e2fsck on
> > ext2 partitions
> >  	e2fsck /dev/hda1
> > 	e2fsck /dev/hda2 ...
> >
> > 	NOTE... do NOT run e2sck on your mounted "root partition"
> > 	( read the warnings you would be getting especially root
> > 	partition...
> >
> > 	( ie... dont do -v -y in your example.... or you'd
> > 	( be creating major problems on your machines
> >
> > the error messages may be real or self-induced mis-leading errors...
> >
> > if you do NOT have any of those seek errors in your logs, than
> > i'd not worry about your disk yet ...
> >
> > am assuming that there are no such warnings other than
> > on Mar 15 03:09.... which is exactly the same time you rand the
> > erroneous e2fsck command
> >
> > if yu do have tons of these error at all times of the day and nights
> > than you have a dying disks...
> > 	- copy off all your data to a new backup disks
> >
> > 	- start replacing the ide cables and wiggle it and see
> > 	if there is good connections or shorts or other whacky stuff
>
> can you indicate some point of reference to justify that claim? my system
> runs e2fsck by default after every 20 bootups, and i've yet to notice any
> damage due to that.
>
> ben

    Greetings Ben:

I think 'boot' is the keyword, where the root file system has yet to be 
mounted.

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