Re: attempt to access beyond end of device
on Mon, Aug 23, 2004 at 07:38:59AM -0700, Stefan O'Rear wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 23, 2004 at 03:13:52PM +0100, steve downes wrote:
> > I keep getting the message below:-
> >
> > attempt to access beyond end of device>
> > 03:02 rw=0 want=1898676924, limit 4883760
> >
> > I get it when I open the /etc directory in midnight commander ...
> Could be very bad...
> Try closing your programs and rebooting your computer with the force
> fsck option, you can use this command (as root) :
>
> shutdown -F -r now
>
> Then tell us what the fsck reported.
>
It fixed 4 inodes then crashed out with :-
/dev/hda2: UNEXPECTED INCONSISTENCY; RUN fsck MANUALLY
etc
Ran fsck maually & it found thousands of inode faults on the back end
of the disk. It now reboots & the fault has cleared but so has a lot
of software. Looks like a re-install. Fortunately it's a data free
machine except for a server backup.
Thanks for your help
Steve
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