Re: [Question] Harddisk Error!!!
On Sunday 14 April 2002 11:01 pm, Jaye Inabnit ke6sls wrote:
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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.
>
yeah, alvin offered some info on that. the question that remains is what is
the command to run a check on a mounted system? sorry, i haven't been
following the thread. somone may have answered this already.
ben
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