Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2007 16:39:26 +0100 From: Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> To: lawrence.petrykanyn@sympatico.ca Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: fsck gave up on me! Message-ID: <20071103153926.GA25369@slackbox.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <20071103074037.Q8361@wonkity.com> References: <BAY105-F237BE2B2EC8C7E021F462D838D0@phx.gbl> <20071103074037.Q8361@wonkity.com>
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--Dxnq1zWXvFF0Q93v Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, Nov 03, 2007 at 07:42:59AM -0600, Warren Block wrote: > On Fri, 2 Nov 2007, lawrence.petrykanyn@sympatico.ca wrote: >=20 >> I have been using FreeBSD 6.2 for a couple of months now with no major >> snags. Until now. I did a portupgrade this morning and afterwards, >> when I logged in as a user into Gnome, my desktop was missing most of >> the programs (Accessories, System Tools, etc.). >> I rebooted the machine and "that other" terminal screen came up >> (Single User?) and I was prompted to "run fsck manually" so I did so. >> Well, fsck gave up on me. I have no idea what happened or why. Can >> anyone help me understand what is going on with my machine and any >> possible actions I can take to resolve this? >>=20 >>=20 >> Script started on Fri Nov 2 17:13:22 2007 >> You have mail. >> root# fscd[Kk >> ** /dev/ad1s1a (NO WRITE) >> ** Last Mounted on / >> ** Root file system >> ** Phase 1 - Check Blocks and Sizes >> CANNOT READ BLK: 524544 >> CONTINUE? [yn] y >> THE FOLLOWING DISK SECTORS COULD NOT BE READ: 524544, >=20 > That looks like a hard drive going bad. Best make a backup if you still can. Install the sysutils/smartmontools port. Then use smartctl(8) with the -a option on /dev/ad1. Roland --=20 R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) --Dxnq1zWXvFF0Q93v Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFHLJYuEnfvsMMhpyURAu7bAJ4tfKDCEmnXHUXJ2+a2Xf1cG3xUIgCglwBp f33roRb+1bV4FDIS0zMylN0= =mP8f -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Dxnq1zWXvFF0Q93v--
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