From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755954AbYLUPEu (ORCPT ); Sun, 21 Dec 2008 10:04:50 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1755378AbYLUPDF (ORCPT ); Sun, 21 Dec 2008 10:03:05 -0500 Received: from mx.logic.tuwien.ac.at ([128.130.175.19]:44696 "EHLO mx.logic.tuwien.ac.at" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754361AbYLUPDE (ORCPT ); Sun, 21 Dec 2008 10:03:04 -0500 Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2008 16:03:02 +0100 To: Alan Cox Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: linux ext3 partition hosed, is this hardware of software error? Message-ID: <20081221150302.GA3457@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> References: <20081221143640.GF1509@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> <20081221144913.76ca53d3@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20081221144913.76ca53d3@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) From: Norbert Preining Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi Alan, On So, 21 Dez 2008, Alan Cox wrote: > > res 41/40:40:38:3d:95/91:00:0a:00:00/6a Emask 0x409 (media error) > > ata1.00: status: { DRDY ERR } > > ata1.00: error: { UNC } > > Bad sectors Umpf. 4 month old. INcredible rubbish. > > Buffer I/O error on device sda3, logical block 12 > > Buffer I/O error on device sda3, logical block 13 > > Right near the start of the disk. Ah, that is the reason why grub is gone. > Make a copy of the partition with a recovery tool and write it somewhere ddrescue? partimage? Any other suggestion? > (file on another disk whatever) and keep it safe. Make a copy of that and > fsck the copy. You may need to use the alternate superblock option on > fsck for this. Thanks, good hint, didn't know about that. Best wishes Norbert ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Norbert Preining Vienna University of Technology Debian Developer Debian TeX Group gpg DSA: 0x09C5B094 fp: 14DF 2E6C 0307 BE6D AD76 A9C0 D2BF 4AA3 09C5 B094 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MALIBU (n.) The height by which the top of a wave exceeds the height to which you have rolled up your trousers. --- Douglas Adams, The Meaning of Liff