The CD boots OK. Other partition are working OK on this disk I only have problem with /dev/ada5
I can boot strap the drive and mount /dev/sda5 manually but I don't know if it can be fixed. The cable is OK as other partition are working correctly. Joseph On 12/31/2017 12:52 AM, [email protected] wrote: > with the seg fault, you may have other problems. you might want to unplug > the hard drive (so you aren't spinning it) and run whatever diagnostics you > can on the machine, just to make sure it's not failing/loosing it's little > silicon mind. > > seg fault shouldn't happen (from drive issues) i don't think, but i suppose > if fsck gets confused enough it might. or it might be a more general i/o or > system problem. > > there is definately some problem reading the drive but it could be some other > part of the system failing causing read issues. does the cd boot normally or > do you notice any odd behavior booting off other media? > > mad.scientist.at.large (a good madscientist) > -- > God bless the rich, the greedy and the corrupt politicians they have put into > office. God bless them for helping me do the right thing by giving the rich > my little pile of cash. After all, the rich know what to do with money. > > > 31. Dec 2017 00:44 by [email protected]: > > >> likely dying soon, or if you are lucky a key sector went out, if not the >> drive may be getting worse with every rotation. If the drive is badly >> corrupted fsck can damage what is left. definately DO NOT run fsck without >> knowing if the hardware has serious problems, also if part of it won't read >> don't try to long, drive electronics retrain themselves to some extent, >> trying to recover lost data can cause it to misadjust itself and work worse. >> at least it's spinning, it's when the motor electronics suddendly die that >> you have real problems. hopefully it's not a samsung drive (they have a >> classic tendency to die this way, i.e. spindle motor electronics die so >> platters don't spin). >> >> again however it could be the drive data/power cable. anything else happen >> to it recently, i.e. new hardware added or swapped out? is it an ata or a >> sata drive? old/new drive/system? hopefully it doesn't live near the heat >> vent...... if it's hotter than normal in the room it could be heat. low >> humidity can also cause strange static related problems but they usually >> happen when you touch or stop touching the keyboard/mouse. >> >> if it's dry, definately humidify before working on the machine, worse case >> you can boil a couple of gallons of water on the stove to humidify it >> temporarily. under dry conditions i've lost a mother board just from >> touching the power switch, in a room without carpeting, i was not happy. >> also when doing electronics, try not to wear synthetics or other materials >> known for static (wool is way bad, as are things like silk, if it doesn't >> get wet easily (won't soak up water) it probably isn't static friendly). >> >> mad.scientist.at.large (a good madscientist) >> -- >> God bless the rich, the greedy and the corrupt politicians they have put >> into office. God bless them for helping me do the right thing by giving >> the rich my little pile of cash. After all, the rich know what to do with >> money. >> >> >> 31. Dec 2017 00:28 by > [email protected]> : >> >> >>> I boot-strap the system from CD and run: >>> fsck /dev/sda5 >>> >>> got bunch of errors eg.: >>> Directories count wrong for group #1567 (1, counted=0). >>> Fix? yes >>> >>> Free inodes count wrong for group #1568 (8073, counted=8192). >>> Fix? yes >>> >>> Directories count wrong for group #1568 (1, counted=0). >>> Fix? yes >>> >>> Free inodes count wrong for group #1569 (8103, counted=8192). >>> Fix? yes >>> >>> Directories count wrong for group #1569 (7, counted=0). >>> Fix? yes >>> >>> Now when try to run it again I get: >>> fsck /dev/sda5 >>> Segmentation fault >>> >>> Is this partition/drive gone? >>> >>> Joseph >>> On 12/31/2017 12:22 AM, >> [email protected]>> wrote: >>>> that would most likely be a failing/failed hard drive or a bad >>>> connection/cable. I'd suggest carefully checking the cable and then boot >>>> off a cd and back up anything you care about on the drive, you might check >>>> the SMART status of the drive. In any case back it up first, worry about >>>> understanding it/finding the bug later. Once everything is backed up you >>>> can run the drives self test routines. Back it up before you do >>>> anything else, the next time it mounts may be the last (i've used a lot of >>>> very old drives from tivo's that were thrown out, you may or may not get >>>> it to mount again and may or may not be able to recover your' data). >>>> >>>> good luck. >>>> >>>> mad.scientist.at.large (a good madscientist) >>>> -- >>>> God bless the rich, the greedy and the corrupt politicians they have put >>>> into office. God bless them for helping me do the right thing by giving >>>> the rich my little pile of cash. After all, the rich know what to do with >>>> money. >>>> >>>> >>>> 30. Dec 2017 23:32 by >>> [email protected]>>> : >>>> >>>> >>>>> I'm getting a strange error trying to boot my system. >>>>> >>>>> init id c5 response too fast disabled for 5 min >>>>> >>>>> the error appears right after when it to start mysql at boot. >>>>> In addition when the system starts I see: >>>>> >>>>> ata4.00 failed command read DMA >>>>> >>>>> It is hart to post any information as I can not even boot the system. I >>>>> just took a video trying to see if I can read any relevant information. >>>>> Though, I can boot strap the system via CD >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Joseph
