Re: e2fsck errror: Error reading block (Attempt to read block from filesystem resulted in short read)
On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 09:28:20AM -0400, Kamaraju S Kusumanchi wrote:
> 1) Does this mean there are badblocks on my hard drive?
Yes.
> 2) Am I correct in choosing "yes" to both these questions or is there a
> better way?
Yes.
> 3) Is the drive going bad and need to be replaced?
Yes.
> 4) What might have caused this problem and how to prevent it in the future?
I don't know, but in my experience, USB-connected hard disks
suffer these problems much more than PATA/SATA/eSATA/SCSI/SAS
disks do.
> 5) Is the filesystem on this partition corrupted?
Possibly. If you get to the end of the fsck and run it again,
and it comes up clean, then the filesystem is OK. Nevertheless,
it's time to get a new disk and copy everything you want off.
-dsr-
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