Re: e2fsck errror: Error reading block (Attempt to read block from filesystem resulted in short read)
Federico Alberto Sayd wrote:
> 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.
$smartctl -a /dev/sdb
smartctl 5.41 2011-06-09 r3365 [i686-linux-3.0.0-1-686-pae] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-11 by Bruce Allen, http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net
/dev/sdb: Unknown USB bridge [0x059b:0x0571 (0x000)]
Smartctl: please specify device type with the -d option.
Use smartctl -h to get a usage summary
What device type should I specify? This is what I get from dmesg when I
connect the hard drive
[123948.292055] usb 1-1: new high speed USB device number 11 using ehci_hcd
[123948.425272] usb 1-1: New USB device found, idVendor=059b, idProduct=0571
[123948.425280] usb 1-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=10, Product=11,
SerialNumber=3
[123948.425287] usb 1-1: Product: Iomega HDD
[123948.425292] usb 1-1: Manufacturer: Iomega
[123948.425296] usb 1-1: SerialNumber: 506000009854
[123948.426280] scsi7 : usb-storage 1-1:1.0
[123949.466729] scsi 7:0:0:0: Direct-Access ST950032 5AS
PQ: 0 ANSI: 2 CCS
[123949.493174] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdb] 976773168 512-byte logical blocks: (500
GB/465 GiB)
[123949.493931] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
[123949.493936] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 28 00 00 00
[123949.494673] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdb] No Caching mode page present
[123949.494679] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
[123949.497805] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdb] No Caching mode page present
[123949.497810] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
[123949.733091] sdb: sdb1 sdb2 sdb3 sdb4 < sdb5 sdb6 sdb7 sdb8 >
[123949.736964] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdb] No Caching mode page present
[123949.736969] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
[123949.736973] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI disk
Also, sometimes when I try to mount the partition, I get
$pmount /dev/sdb7
[124321.902673] FAT-fs (sdb7): bogus number of reserved sectors
[124321.918675] FAT-fs (sdb7): bogus number of reserved sectors
I am sorry I am a bit naive when it comes to hard drive failures. Any help I
can get is appreciated.
thanks
raju
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