Re: ext4: debugfs: icheck: Input/output error while calling ext2fs_block_iterate

[John Covici <covici@ccs.covici.com>]

Buy spinrite from www.grc.com, that will work, but after fixing, I
would copy to a new drive.
You will need a dos disk but this program works well.

On Fri, 27 Sep 2019 22:38:59 -0400,
local10 wrote:
> 
> Sep 27, 2019, 20:08 by bouncingcats@gmail.com:
> 
> > Hi, I assume you are attempting to follow a procedure similar
> > to this one:
> > https://www.smartmontools.org/wiki/BadBlockHowto#Repairsinafilesystem <https://www.smartmontools.org/wiki/BadBlockHowto#Repairsinafilesystem>
> >
> 
> Yes, a different document but the same idea. The one you linked is actually a better document.
> 
> 
> > It's telling you that the filesystem itself is broken/unreadable.
> > I assume you know what inodes are, if not then you should
> > read about that. 
> >
> > In such a case, I think that it is not possible to repair this filesystem.
> >
> 
> What I find weird about this that the filesystem (it's a root filesystem) appears to be fully functional, it boots without issues and generally everything seems to work fine, the only indication of a problem  I see in the SMART log. Would be nice if there a was a way to just repair it, without reinstalling everything.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> 

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