Re: e2fsck errror: Error reading block (Attempt to read block from filesystem resulted in short read)

2012-09-05 Thread Kamaraju S Kusumanchi
lee wrote: Kamaraju S Kusumanchi raju.mailingli...@gmail.com writes: When I ran $sudo e2fsck -c -c -f -v /dev/sdb7 I am getting a lot of errors such as Error reading block 18022401 (Attempt to read block from filesystem resulted in short read) while reading inode and block bitmaps.

Re: e2fsck errror: Error reading block (Attempt to read block from filesystem resulted in short read)

2012-09-05 Thread Jon Dowland
On Tue, Sep 04, 2012 at 11:39:37PM +0700, Sthu Deus wrote: You have to understand: You have to connect it to the controller directly OR You can not use what the SMART offers to You. That simple. This is not actually true. Yes, the majority of USB hard drives do not support SMART, but some do.

Re: e2fsck errror: Error reading block (Attempt to read block from filesystem resulted in short read)

2012-09-05 Thread lee
Kamaraju S Kusumanchi raju.mailingli...@gmail.com writes: lee wrote: Kamaraju S Kusumanchi raju.mailingli...@gmail.com writes: When I ran $sudo e2fsck -c -c -f -v /dev/sdb7 I am getting a lot of errors such as Error reading block 18022401 (Attempt to read block from filesystem

Re: e2fsck errror: Error reading block (Attempt to read block from filesystem resulted in short read)

2012-09-05 Thread Sthu Deus
Good time of the day, Jon. Thank You for Your correction. You wrote: You have to understand: You have to connect it to the controller directly OR You can not use what the SMART offers to You. That simple. This is not actually true. Yes, the majority of USB hard drives do not support

Re: e2fsck errror: Error reading block (Attempt to read block from filesystem resulted in short read)

2012-09-05 Thread Sthu Deus
Good time of the day, Kamaraju. You wrote: Yes, there are I/O errors in syslog such as Aug 30 08:27:20 kusumanchi kernel: [118453.218041] Buffer I/O error on device sdb7, logical block 5384272 Aug 30 08:27:20 kusumanchi kernel: [118453.219839] Buffer I/O error on device sdb7, logical

Re: e2fsck errror: Error reading block (Attempt to read block from filesystem resulted in short read)

2012-09-04 Thread Sthu Deus
Good time of the day, Kamaraju. You wrote: May be I am missing something here. The USB hard drive I am talking is very similar to http://www.amazon.com/Iomega-Prestige-Portable- SuperSpeed-35192/dp/B004NIAG5E/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top . The case can't be removed. You have to understand: You

Re: e2fsck errror: Error reading block (Attempt to read block from filesystem resulted in short read)

2012-09-04 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Ma, 04 sep 12, 23:39:37, Sthu Deus wrote: Personally, I do not believe that the HDD is not extractable - speaking in general. To quote an uncle of mine, one only needs a persuader (read: hammer) :D Kind regards, Andrei -- Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers:

Re: e2fsck errror: Error reading block (Attempt to read block from filesystem resulted in short read)

2012-09-04 Thread Sthu Deus
Good time of the day, Andrei. You wrote: To quote an uncle of mine, one only needs a persuader (read: hammer) :D You have very wise uncle! :o) Sthu. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact

Re: e2fsck errror: Error reading block (Attempt to read block from filesystem resulted in short read)

2012-09-02 Thread Dan Ritter
On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 11:40:55PM -0400, Kamaraju S Kusumanchi wrote: Dan Ritter wrote: On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 09:28:20AM -0400, Kamaraju S Kusumanchi wrote: 4) What might have caused this problem and how to prevent it in the future? I don't know, but in my experience,

Re: e2fsck errror: Error reading block (Attempt to read block from filesystem resulted in short read)

2012-09-02 Thread lee
Kamaraju S Kusumanchi raju.mailingli...@gmail.com writes: When I ran $sudo e2fsck -c -c -f -v /dev/sdb7 I am getting a lot of errors such as Error reading block 18022401 (Attempt to read block from filesystem resulted in short read) while reading inode and block bitmaps. Ignore errory?

Re: e2fsck errror: Error reading block (Attempt to read block from filesystem resulted in short read)

2012-08-30 Thread Kamaraju S Kusumanchi
Federico Alberto Sayd wrote: Did you try to diagnose your hardrive with smartmontools? Smartmontools uses S.M.A.R.T.[1] technology included in harddrives, and displays info about predictable failures, time of use, etc. Regards [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S.M.A.R.T. $smartctl -a

Re: e2fsck errror: Error reading block (Attempt to read block from filesystem resulted in short read)

2012-08-30 Thread Sthu Deus
Good time of the day, Kamaraju. You wrote: $smartctl -a /dev/sdb smartctl 5.41 2011-06-09 r3365 [i686-linux-3.0.0-1-686-pae] (local build) Copyright (C) 2002-11 by Bruce Allen, http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net /dev/sdb: Unknown USB bridge [0x059b:0x0571 (0x000)] Smartctl: please

Re: e2fsck errror: Error reading block (Attempt to read block from filesystem resulted in short read)

2012-08-30 Thread Kamaraju S Kusumanchi
Sthu Deus wrote: You will not be able to do so until You connect Your drive to computer directly - i.e. through PATA/SATA cable. This is an external USB hard drive. The only connection it has is USB. So, I guess in this case smartctl is not much useful. -- Kamaraju S Kusumanchi

Re: e2fsck errror: Error reading block (Attempt to read block from filesystem resulted in short read)

2012-08-30 Thread Dan Ritter
On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 09:28:20AM -0400, Kamaraju S Kusumanchi wrote: 1) Does this mean there are badblocks on my hard drive? Yes. 2) Am I correct in choosing yes to both these questions or is there a better way? Yes. 3) Is the drive going bad and need to be replaced? Yes. 4) What

Re: e2fsck errror: Error reading block (Attempt to read block from filesystem resulted in short read)

2012-08-30 Thread Lisi
On Thursday 30 August 2012 19:17:14 Kamaraju S Kusumanchi wrote: Sthu Deus wrote: You will not be able to do so until You connect Your drive to computer directly - i.e. through PATA/SATA cable. This is an external USB hard drive. The only connection it has is USB. So, I guess in this case

Re: e2fsck errror: Error reading block (Attempt to read block from filesystem resulted in short read)

2012-08-30 Thread Sthu Deus
Kamaraju, You wrote: You will not be able to do so until You connect Your drive to computer directly - i.e. through PATA/SATA cable. This is an external USB hard drive. The only connection it has is USB. So, I guess in this case smartctl is not much useful. And You can not disassemble

Re: e2fsck errror: Error reading block (Attempt to read block from filesystem resulted in short read)

2012-08-30 Thread Kamaraju S Kusumanchi
Sthu Deus wrote: Kamaraju, You wrote: You will not be able to do so until You connect Your drive to computer directly - i.e. through PATA/SATA cable. This is an external USB hard drive. The only connection it has is USB. So, I guess in this case smartctl is not much useful. And

Re: e2fsck errror: Error reading block (Attempt to read block from filesystem resulted in short read)

2012-08-30 Thread Kamaraju S Kusumanchi
Dan Ritter wrote: On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 09:28:20AM -0400, Kamaraju S Kusumanchi wrote: 4) What might have caused this problem and how to prevent it in the future? I don't know, but in my experience, USB-connected hard disks suffer these problems much more than PATA/SATA/eSATA/SCSI/SAS

e2fsck errror: Error reading block (Attempt to read block from filesystem resulted in short read)

2012-08-28 Thread Kamaraju S Kusumanchi
When I ran $sudo e2fsck -c -c -f -v /dev/sdb7 I am getting a lot of errors such as Error reading block 18022401 (Attempt to read block from filesystem resulted in short read) while reading inode and block bitmaps. Ignore errory? yes Force rewritey? yes Error reading block 19562497 (Attempt to

Re: e2fsck errror: Error reading block (Attempt to read block from filesystem resulted in short read)

2012-08-28 Thread Federico Alberto Sayd
On 28/08/12 10:28, Kamaraju S Kusumanchi wrote: When I ran $sudo e2fsck -c -c -f -v /dev/sdb7 I am getting a lot of errors such as Error reading block 18022401 (Attempt to read block from filesystem resulted in short read) while reading inode and block bitmaps. Ignore errory? yes Force