On Dec 24 20:02:51, frantisek holop wrote: > hmm, on Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 02:05:57PM +0100, frantisek holop said that > > background: > > i am trying to run an e2fsck on an 120G ext2 partition on that > > usb external disk and it just stops reading from the disk at > > random positions. for example it gets up to 30% of pass 1, > > then it just stops. no read errors in dmesg, nohing just > > idling. eventually the disk spins down. top says it's in > > 'biowait'. (it could also be a bug in e2fsck) > > i have upgraded to the latest snapshot, and indeed > the splassert goes away. > > (but e2fsck still does not finish the disk, it stops > reading at random positions of pass 1 (30%, 11%)
make sure the disk itself is OK before blaming anything higher up. (e.g., read the entire disk with dd) > and sits there doing nothing.) "nothing" meaning which process state, really?
