Date: Mon, 02 Jul 2001 01:32:02 -0700 From: W Gerald Hicks <gehicks@pacbell.net> To: Patrick O'Reilly <patrick@mip.co.za> Cc: FreeBSD Question List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FSCK problem at boot Message-ID: <0GFU00BJ47POFS@mta3.snfc21.pbi.net> In-Reply-To: <NDBBIMKICMDGDMNOOCAIIEOFCNAA.patrick@mip.co.za>
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The telling part is: "ad0: HARD READ ERROR blk#" This is telling you that the disk itself is sick, not just the logical consistency of the data on it. Whether it is because your disk took some sort of power surge (was there lightning?) I can't tell but... Sorry, I think it's kaput. This is more than a software problem. Good Luck, W Gerald Hicks gehicks@cisco.com gehicks@pacbell.net On Monday, July 2, 2001, at 01:16 AM, Patrick O'Reilly wrote: > HELP! Please. > > I have a FreeBSD Firewall which has had the misfortune of an abnormal > shutdown over the weekend (a lack of electricity is inclined to do that to > you!). > > Now during boot I am unable to get fsck to sort out the disk > inconsistencies. The following lines are part of the output, and they > repeat every time I run fsck. This occurs while checking the /usr > partition. > > ---------------------- > ad0: HARD READ ERROR blk# 1573199 status=59 error=40 > > CANNOT READ: BLK 1048752 > > CONTINUE? [Y/N] > > ad0: HARD READ ERROR blk# 1573210 status=59 error=40 > THE FOLLOWING DISK SECTORS COULD NOT BE READ: 1048863, > > PHASE 2: (etc) > ---------------------- > > fsck reports the partition as dirty and requires that fsck be re-run, over > and over and over and..... > > Is there any way to get past this? I would really prefer to avoid having > to > re-install the OS, but right now that seems to be my only option. > > Patrick. > (with even less hair now than yesterday!) > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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