From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Nov 3 16:43:19 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5836316A419 for ; Sat, 3 Nov 2007 16:43:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sonicy@otenet.gr) Received: from aiolos.otenet.gr (aiolos.otenet.gr [195.170.0.93]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D268E13C481 for ; Sat, 3 Nov 2007 16:43:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sonicy@otenet.gr) Received: from atlantis.dyndns.org (athedsl-364954.home.otenet.gr [87.202.153.107]) by aiolos.otenet.gr (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id lA3Atuk4029449; Sat, 3 Nov 2007 12:55:56 +0200 Message-ID: <472C53BC.4070906@otenet.gr> Date: Sat, 03 Nov 2007 12:55:56 +0200 From: Manolis Kiagias User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.5 (X11/20070727) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: lawrence.petrykanyn@sympatico.ca References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-7 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: fsck gave up on me! X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 03 Nov 2007 16:43:19 -0000 lawrence.petrykanyn@sympatico.ca wrote: > > Hi, > 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? > > > 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, > ** Phase 2 - Check Pathnames > ** Phase 3 - Check Connectivity > ** Phase 4 - Check Reference Counts > ** Phase 5 - Check Cyl groups > CANNOT READ BLK: 524544 > CONTINUE? [yn] y > THE FOLLOWING DISK SECTORS COULD NOT BE READ: 524544, > CG 2: BAD MAGIC NUMBER > FREE BLK COUNT(S) WRONG IN SUPERBLK > SALVAGE? no > SUMMARY INFORMATION BAD > SALVAGE? no > fsck: /dev/ad1s1a: Segmentation fault: 11 > kirkwood# exit > exit > Script done on Fri Nov 2 17:14:23 2007 > > Thank you in advance, > Larry > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > It seems your hard disk is actually giving up on you: THE FOLLOWING DISK SECTORS COULD NOT BE READ: 524544, CANNOT READ BLK: 524544 Do you have any manufacturer utilities to run on the disk? This looks like a surface failure. Does it make any "weird" noise like trying to read the same area again and again? This is certainly a sign of disk failure