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Re: is repartitioning and reformatting the only alternative?



Benedict Verheyen <benedict.verheyen@sjki.be> (Fri, 26 Nov 2004 08:11:54 +0100) writes:

> Christophe Broult wrote:
>
>>Benedict Verheyen <benedict.verheyen@sjki.be> (Thu, 25 Nov 2004 16:43:16 +0100) writes:
>>
>>
>>
>>>It wouldn't jump the gun.
>>> There are tools that can correct errors but it depends on what
>>> filesystem you are using.
>>>So first gives us that information.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>I have been using ext3 as the filesystem.
>>
>>
>>
> Then you could try e2fsck. It's a filechecker utility for ext2 & ext3
> filesystems.
> Unmount the partition and run the check. You might have to boot via a live
> cd because / for instance, doesn't allow umounting that easy so booting with
> a livecd works around that problem.

After disabling the udev rule that creates a link to device I tried to
use  e2fsck and specify a backup superblock but that was failing also
saying it could not read the corresponding sectors. So I decided that
since I would not be loosing anything I should just attempt
a repartitioning. However that also failed with fdisk and cfdisk.

For example, I get the errors below which I believe are not a good
sign of the drive state. Tomorrow, I am going to bring the drive to
work so I can hook it to Windows machine and call the Maxtor support
again.

Thank you for your suggestions,

Christophe

>
> Benedict
>

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Nov 28 12:44:48 praha vmunix: Read (10) 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 80 00 
Nov 28 12:44:49 praha ntpd[7348]: kernel time sync enabled 0001
Nov 28 12:44:55 praha vmunix: scsi1: ERROR on channel 0, id 1, lun 0, CDB: Read (10) 00 00 00 00 02 00 00 7e 00 
Nov 28 12:44:55 praha vmunix: Current sdb: sense key Medium Error
Nov 28 12:44:55 praha vmunix: Additional sense: Data phase error
Nov 28 12:44:55 praha vmunix: end_request: I/O error, dev sdb, sector 2
Nov 28 12:44:51 praha kernel: scsi1: ERROR on channel 0, id 1, lun 0, CDB: Read (10) 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 80 00 
Nov 28 12:44:51 praha kernel: Current sdb: sense key Medium Error
Nov 28 12:44:51 praha kernel: Additional sense: Data phase error
Nov 28 12:44:51 praha kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sdb, sector 0
Nov 28 12:44:53 praha kernel: scsi1: ERROR on channel 0, id 1, lun 0, CDB: Read (10) 00 00 00 00 01 00 00 7f 00 
Nov 28 12:44:53 praha kernel: Current sdb: sense key Medium Error
Nov 28 12:44:53 praha kernel: Additional sense: Data phase error
Nov 28 12:44:53 praha kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sdb, sector 1
Nov 28 12:45:25 praha vmunix: Read (10) 00 00 00 00 03 00 00 7d 00 
Nov 28 12:45:27 praha kernel: SCSI error : <1 0 1 0> return code = 0x6000000
Nov 28 12:45:27 praha kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sdb, sector 3
Nov 28 12:45:29 praha kernel: scsi1: ERROR on channel 0, id 1, lun 0, CDB: Read (10) 00 00 00 00 08 00 00 78 00 
Nov 28 12:45:29 praha kernel: Current sdb: sense key Medium Error
Nov 28 12:45:29 praha kernel: Additional sense: Data phase error
Nov 28 12:45:29 praha kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sdb, sector 8
Nov 28 12:46:02 praha vmunix: Read (10) 00 00 00 00 0b 00 00 75 00 
Nov 28 12:45:30 praha kernel: scsi1: ERROR on channel 0, id 1, lun 0, CDB: Read (10) 00 00 00 00 09 00 00 77 00 
Nov 28 12:45:30 praha kernel: Current sdb: sense key Medium Error
Nov 28 12:45:30 praha kernel: Additional sense: Data phase error
Nov 28 12:45:30 praha kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sdb, sector 9
Nov 28 12:45:32 praha kernel: scsi1: ERROR on channel 0, id 1, lun 0, CDB: Read (10) 00 00 00 00 0a 00 00 76 00 
Nov 28 12:45:32 praha kernel: Current sdb: sense key Medium Error
Nov 28 12:45:32 praha kernel: Additional sense: Data phase error
Nov 28 12:45:32 praha kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sdb, sector 10
Nov 28 12:46:04 praha kernel: SCSI error : <1 0 1 0> return code = 0x6000000
Nov 28 12:46:04 praha kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sdb, sector 11
Nov 28 12:46:09 praha vmunix: scsi1: ERROR on channel 0, id 1, lun 0, CDB: Read (10) 00 00 00 00 12 00 00 6e 00 
Nov 28 12:46:09 praha vmunix: Current sdb: sense key Medium Error
Nov 28 12:46:09 praha vmunix: Additional sense: Data phase error
Nov 28 12:46:09 praha vmunix: end_request: I/O error, dev sdb, sector 18
Nov 28 12:46:06 praha kernel: scsi1: ERROR on channel 0, id 1, lun 0, CDB: Read (10) 00 00 00 00 10 00 00 70 00 
Nov 28 12:46:06 praha kernel: Current sdb: sense key Medium Error
Nov 28 12:46:06 praha kernel: Additional sense: Data phase error
Nov 28 12:46:06 praha kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sdb, sector 16
Nov 28 12:46:08 praha kernel: scsi1: ERROR on channel 0, id 1, lun 0, CDB: Read (10) 00 00 00 00 11 00 00 6f 00 
Nov 28 12:46:08 praha kernel: Current sdb: sense key Medium Error
Nov 28 12:46:08 praha kernel: Additional sense: Data phase error
Nov 28 12:46:08 praha kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sdb, sector 17



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