Hello,

On Mon, 02 Apr 2007 01:12:49 +0200
jan kalcic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Hi People,
> 
> openSuSE 10.2, never had a problem with filesystem but suddenly it seems
> it has become "bad" as it takes something like 10 or more seconds to
> open a file, especially the biggest ones, and in the meanwhile it
> doesn't  allow to do anything else but wait. I've already run fsck
> (ext3) to check it but no error is shown and yet I still have big
> troubles working with big files (>100MB).
> 
> In addition, during the wait, the hard disk sounds like it is doing such
> a big work that it's so busy it can't even move my mouse. Quite strange.
> 
> Could it even be an hardware (hard disk) problem?

The problem looks like caused by a bad sector.
Did you see a dmesg or /var/log/messages? If It is a bad sector,
then you would could use DFT(Drive Fitness Test).

First of all, **backup your all data**.
Next, download Drive Fitness Test.
  http://www.hitachigst.com/hdd/support/table.htm
  Downloads -> [Drive Fitness Test] download a CD image -> burn it to CD-R
After boot from CD-R, choose [2. ATA support only] if you won't check
for SATA drive. select it Up and Down to test for your drive
and start [Advanced Test].

*Caution*: An Advanced Test takes very long time becuase that checks
a all sector. (Perhaps it will take about a hour as your HDD)

And if that found a bad sector, then correct it.
After this check, you would must fsck by using LiveCD or Knoppix before
boot system.


HTH

eshsf
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