On 01/09/14 06:19 AM, Sharon Kimble wrote: > Last night my backup drive died and is now totally unresponsive, but it > did give this error message when I tried to access it - > > --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- > Error mounting /dev/sde1 at /media/boudiccas/back1: Command-line > `mount -t "ext4" -o "uhelper=udisks2,nodev,nosuid" "/dev/sde1" > "/media/boudiccas/back1"' exited with non-zero exit status 32: mount: > wrong fs > type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sde1, missing codepage or helper > program, or other error In some cases useful info is found in syslog - > try > dmesg | tail or so > --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- > > Is there any way in which I can access the contents of the drive please? > > If not, is it safe to format it and re-use it please? If so, what should > I format it as ? ext3? ext4? Or something else? > > It has for some months been showing this message in logwatch - > --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- > WARNING: Kernel Errors Present > EXT4-fs (sde1): error count since last ...: 1 Time(s) > EXT4-fs (sde1): initial error at time 13973814 ...: 1 Time(s) > EXT4-fs (sde1): last error at time 13973814 ...: 1 Time(s) > --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- > > and I did query what it meant and what I should do about it, but I was > reassured that it was OK and nothing needed to be done. In the light of > what's just happened, wrong! > > Thanks > Sharon.
Hello, did you ever try to run fsck on this filesystem ? What is the result ? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/54045afa.9000...@googlemail.com
