Re: Corrupted FS every 50 checks

2010-08-15 Thread Merciadri Luca
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: > On Sat, 14 Aug 2010, Merciadri Luca wrote: > >> always on the same: /dev/sdc5. Well, this is where I have all my docs, >> my university stuff, and this is even more annoying. I could do backups, >> > > I sure hope you *DID* extensive backups. Often. An

Re: Corrupted FS every 50 checks

2010-08-15 Thread Merciadri Luca
Bob Proulx wrote: > Does your disk support S.M.A.R.T.? > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S.M.A.R.T. > > Try it and see if the disk drive reports any physical errors. > > $ sudo apt-get install smartmontools > > Here are some example uses: > > $ sudo smartctl -i /dev/sda > SMART support is: A

Re: Corrupted FS every 50 checks

2010-08-15 Thread Merciadri Luca
Bob Proulx wrote: > Hanspeter Spalinger wrote: > >> Merciadri Luca wrote: >> >>> problem is that I always get errors when e2fsck verifies the fs, and >>> always on the same: /dev/sdc5. ... >>> but I can't understand why this filesystem is problematic, because I >>> don't use it often, at l

Re: Corrupted FS every 50 checks

2010-08-15 Thread Merciadri Luca
Hanspeter Spalinger wrote: > On 08/14/2010 09:01 PM, Merciadri Luca wrote: > > Hi, > > > I have the fs' checking period set to 50 mounts for now some years. The > > problem is that I always get errors when e2fsck verifies the fs, and > > always on the same: /dev/sdc5. Well, this is where I have all

Re: Corrupted FS every 50 checks

2010-08-14 Thread Bob Proulx
T o n g wrote: > Bob Proulx wrote: > > Note that if it is set to no on a remote server that you do not have > > console access to then it is possible to get into a state where the > > machine will not reboot on its own because it will be waiting for > > console access to get past the fsck questions

Re: Corrupted FS every 50 checks

2010-08-14 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Sat, 14 Aug 2010, Merciadri Luca wrote: > always on the same: /dev/sdc5. Well, this is where I have all my docs, > my university stuff, and this is even more annoying. I could do backups, I sure hope you *DID* extensive backups. Often. And stored some of them for permanent archival. > but I

Re: Corrupted FS every 50 checks

2010-08-14 Thread Bob Proulx
Hanspeter Spalinger wrote: > Merciadri Luca wrote: > > problem is that I always get errors when e2fsck verifies the fs, and > > always on the same: /dev/sdc5. ... > > but I can't understand why this filesystem is problematic, because I > > don't use it often, at least these times. I always have er

Re: Corrupted FS every 50 checks

2010-08-14 Thread Bob Proulx
Merciadri Luca wrote: > but I can't understand why this filesystem is problematic, because I > don't use it often, at least these times. I always have errors about the Does your disk support S.M.A.R.T.? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S.M.A.R.T. Try it and see if the disk drive reports any physic

Re: Corrupted FS every 50 checks

2010-08-14 Thread Hanspeter Spalinger
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 08/14/2010 09:01 PM, Merciadri Luca wrote: > Hi, > > I have the fs' checking period set to 50 mounts for now some years. The > problem is that I always get errors when e2fsck verifies the fs, and > always on the same: /dev/sdc5. Well, this is whe

Corrupted FS every 50 checks

2010-08-14 Thread Merciadri Luca
Hi, I have the fs' checking period set to 50 mounts for now some years. The problem is that I always get errors when e2fsck verifies the fs, and always on the same: /dev/sdc5. Well, this is where I have all my docs, my university stuff, and this is even more annoying. I could do backups, but I can