Re: e2fsck errror: Error reading block (Attempt to read block from filesystem resulted in short read)
lee wrote:
> Kamaraju S Kusumanchi <raju.mailinglists@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> 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
>> 3) Is the drive going bad and need to be replaced?
>
> Corresponding entries in /var/log/syslog about the inability to read
> sectors from this device would indicate that there is a hardware
> problem. Provided that all connections and the power supply are ok, I
> would say the device is broken when there are such errors in syslog.
>
> In case there aren't errors in syslog, I would look somewhere else
> first.
Yes, there are I/O errors in syslog such as
Aug 30 08:27:20 kusumanchi kernel: [118453.218041] Buffer I/O error on
device sdb7, logical block 5384272
Aug 30 08:27:20 kusumanchi kernel: [118453.219839] Buffer I/O error on
device sdb7, logical block 5384273
Aug 30 08:27:20 kusumanchi kernel: [118453.221584] Buffer I/O error on
device sdb7, logical block 5384274
Aug 30 08:27:20 kusumanchi kernel: [118453.223310] Buffer I/O error on
device sdb7, logical block 5384275
Aug 30 08:27:20 kusumanchi kernel: [118453.224973] Buffer I/O error on
device sdb7, logical block 5384276
Aug 30 08:27:20 kusumanchi kernel: [118453.226582] Buffer I/O error on
device sdb7, logical block 5384277
Aug 30 08:27:20 kusumanchi kernel: [118453.228158] Buffer I/O error on
device sdb7, logical block 5384278
Aug 30 08:27:20 kusumanchi kernel: [118453.229713] Buffer I/O error on
device sdb7, logical block 5384279
>
> Are you really still using ext2fs?
The partitions are ext3. Is there a better command to check ext3 partitions
other than ext2fs?
> Besides, is the device in question an SSD disk connected via USB? Why
> would anyone connect an SSD drive via USB? And do you get the same
> errors in syslog with an SSD drive as you get with an SATA or SCSI
> drive? SSDs don't really have sectors, do they?
No, this is not an SSD drive. It is the ordinary (IDE?) drive with an
enclosure connected via USB. I do not have any experience with SSD drives.
thanks
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Kamaraju S Kusumanchi
http://malayamaarutham.blogspot.com/
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