FC4 - File System with Errors!

Bob Chiodini rchiodin at bellsouth.net
Sun Jan 29 12:58:05 UTC 2006


Jeff Vian wrote:

>On Sat, 2006-01-28 at 20:21 -0800, Hoffmann wrote:
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>>--- Peter Arremann <loony at loonybin.org> wrote:
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>>>On Saturday 28 January 2006 19:37, Hoffmann wrote:
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>>>
>>>>Hello:
>>>>
>>>>I realized that since the beginning of the week,
>>>>during the booting process, I have got the follow
>>>>error:
>>>>
>>>>/1. Contains a file system with errors, check
>>>>        
>>>>
>>>forced.
>>>      
>>>
>>>>In the majority of the times, after that error,
>>>>        
>>>>
>>>the
>>>      
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>>>>system restarts normally. 
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>>>Why are you gettting that so often? You should only
>>>get the file system check 
>>>only if your system crashes or you power it off
>>>without a proper shutdown. 
>>>Either that, or your disk is going bad.
>>>
>>>      
>>>
>>>>However, one day, it didn't 
>>>>work, and I needed to cut the power off manually.
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>>>>
>>>That fixed the issue? I'm surprised. You should have
>>>used fsck to check your 
>>>filesystem completely. 
>>>
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>>>
>>>>What does that error mean? Should I reinstall
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>>>>
>>>Fedora,
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>>>
>>>>just in case?
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>>>>
>>>Either your system wasn't shut down properly or your
>>>harddisk is dying...
>>>
>>>Peter.
>>>
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>>Hi Peter,
>>
>>I just used fsck to check my filesystem, and I got no
>>error.
>>
>>What do you think?
>>
>>It seems like I am alright, so?
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>
>If this is happening on a frequent basis and you cannot otherwise
>identify why, it could be a drive failing.
>
>Use hdparm to test it and find out what has already been logged on the
>drive for errors. 
>
>  
>
Try the SMART tools, such as smartctl.  man smartctl.

Bob...




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