On Mon, 2 Apr 2007 12:16:35 +0900 eshsf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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.
FYI: if you have a seagate HDD, there is a SeaTools too. http://www.seagate.com/www/en-us/support/downloads/ eshsf -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
