[BBLISA] Error reading block x (Attempt to read block...)

[Dean Anderson]

I'd suggest using dump, as dump won't quit on errors. [well, unix dump 
won't. Can't say for sure about linux dump]

But I agree with Ned that fsck isn't your best bet right now; this disk
is toast. Save what you can; then restore to a new disk. Or save what
you can, then send the disk to techfusion, etc for their 'recovery'
work.  (this hasn't worked for anyone I know, but it might someday...)

		--Dean

On Wed, 5 Mar 2008, Edward Ned Harvey wrote:

> You really shouldn't perform an FSCK on that.  The more you read/write the
> more damage you're likely to sustain.
> 
> You should boot from CD, and use dd to dump an image out to an external
> drive.
> Then replace your drive, and use dd to restore the image.
> 
> *then* use fsck.
> 
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: bblisa-bounces at bblisa.org [mailto:bblisa-bounces at bblisa.org] On
> > Behalf Of Scott R. Ehrlich
> > Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2008 6:34 AM
> > To: bblisa at bblisa.org
> > Subject: [BBLISA] Error reading block x (Attempt to read block...)
> > 
> > A Centos 5 64-bit server reflected some SCSI kernel errors in the logs,
> > so I
> > opted to reboot, only to be prompted to perform a manual fsck, that an
> > automatic fsck wouldn't be permitted.
> > 
> > As a result, the fsck is taking a long time, as I have to babysit the
> > server
> > for every bad block that is reported and needs a forced rewrite.
> > 
> > The exact error is "Error reading block x (Attempt to read block from
> > filesystem resulted in short read) while doing inode scan.   Ignore
> > error(y)?
> > 
> > Force rewrite(y)?"
> > 
> > I say yes to both.
> > 
> > Could I safely get away with booting from a CentOS 5 CD and performing
> > a fsck
> > with automatic system fixing to speed up the process, or do I need to
> > be
> > patient and just keep manually selecting Y for as long as it takes?
> > 
> > Thanks.
> > 
> > Scott
> > 
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