fsck gave up on me!
Lowell Gilbert
freebsd-questions-local at be-well.ilk.org
Sat Nov 3 09:02:05 PDT 2007
<lawrence.petrykanyn at sympatico.ca> writes:
> 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
Either your disk is going bad or you have been extraordinarily unlucky
to lose a critical sector. Try to run manufacturer's diagnostic tools
on it; failing that, you could try smartmontools (which, I guess, you
would need to boot and run from other media, like a CD).
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