UNEXPECTED SOFT UPDATE INCONSISTENCY; RUN fsck MANUALLY

[Jeremy Chadwick]

On Sun, Sep 21, 2008 at 04:59:50PM -0700, Clint Olsen wrote:
> > Also, are there any kernel messages about ATA/SCSI disk errors or other
> > anomalies?
> 
> None.  In fact smartctl will not do anything now.  It just prints out the
> quick banner message and exits immediately with no error.

With regards to this specific item: can you provide the full smartctl
command you're using (including device), and all of the output?  I have
an idea of what the problem is, but I'd need to see the output first.

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