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Re: Corrupted FS every 50 checks



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On 08/14/2010 09:01 PM, Merciadri Luca wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have the fs' checking period set to 50 mounts for now some years. The
> problem is that I always get errors when e2fsck verifies the fs, and
> always on the same: /dev/sdc5. Well, this is where I have all my docs,
> my university stuff, and this is even more annoying. I could do backups,
> but I can't understand why this filesystem is problematic, because I
> don't use it often, at least these times. I always have errors about the
> AucTeX files. Well, auctex is simply an emacs extension for LaTeX, and I
> can't understand why some specific files always cause troubles. I don't
> always get the same errors. This time, it was mainly *things like error
> filesystem Inode has EXTENTS_FL flag set, but not too many.*
> **
> *1) Why are they happening? My disk is not old. (/dev/sdc5 is on another
> disk than the /etc, etc.)*
> *2) Should I think about buying another hdd? I tried with the hdd life
> tools (I can't remember their names) which are bundled with Debian, but
> they don't show any failing thing (they have quite the same score as
> other hdds in my computer).*
> ***
> 
> Thanks.
> *
> 
Hi,
Do you actualy FIX those errors? Afaik the fsck at startup does not fix
all errors (it plays safe). Try run fsck manualy (but make a backup
first and read the man-page).
I assume you use the other partitions more often, with no error, so i
don't think your problem is hardware related.
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