Re: e2fsck errror: Error reading block (Attempt to read block from filesystem resulted in short read)

[Federico Alberto Sayd <fsayd@uncu.edu.ar>]

On 28/08/12 10:28, Kamaraju S Kusumanchi wrote:
> When I ran
>
> $sudo e2fsck -c -c -f -v /dev/sdb7
>
> I am getting a lot of errors such as
>
> Error reading block 18022401 (Attempt to read block from filesystem resulted
> in short read) while reading inode and block bitmaps.  Ignore error<y>? yes
> Force rewrite<y>? yes
> Error reading block 19562497 (Attempt to read block from filesystem resulted
> in short read) while reading inode and block bitmaps.  Ignore error<y>? yes
> Force rewrite<y>? yes
> Error reading block 19824640 (Attempt to read block from filesystem resulted
> in short read) while reading inode and block bitmaps.  Ignore error<y>? yes
> Force rewrite<y>? yes
> Error reading block 19824641 (Attempt to read block from filesystem resulted
> in short read) while reading inode and block bitmaps.  Ignore error<y>? yes
> Force rewrite<y>? yes
>
> 1) Does this mean there are badblocks on my hard drive?
> 2) Am I correct in choosing "yes" to both these questions or is there a
> better way?
> 3) Is the drive going bad and need to be replaced?
> 4) What might have caused this problem and how to prevent it in the future?
> 5) Is the filesystem on this partition corrupted?
>
> thanks
> raju
Did you try to diagnose your hardrive with smartmontools? Smartmontools 
uses S.M.A.R.T.[1] technology included in harddrives, and displays info 
about predictable failures, time of use, etc.

Regards

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S.M.A.R.T.