Re: [cobalt-users] Uncorrectable errors on /dev/hda4

[Tien Duc Nguyen <tienducn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Chip wrote:

> Folks,
>
> I've had this happen twice now, where this non-production server, only
> about 3 months old, experiences a power failure and refuses to reboot.
>
> On connecting a terminal to the Raq, it reports errors in /dev/hda4 which
> require a manual running of fsck.  When I run fsck, it gives  errors such as:
>
> "Error reading block 6848706 (Attempt to read block from filesystem
> resulted in short read) while doing inode scan.  Ignore error<y>?"
>
> There seem to be dozens of these errors.  Does this indicate a hardware
> problem with the drive?  If I ignore all of these errors and continue with
> fsck, will the integrity of the drive be compromised?
>
> Any help/suggestions appreciated.
>
> Thanks!!
>
> Chip White
>
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I had the same messages, albeit on a normal linux boxen
on the scsi boot disk
it is shurely a hardware problem
cause my scsi disk is now scrap

I strongly suggest that you back up now!!