LeRoy on 22 May 2009 18:34:51 -0700


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Re: [PLUG] Fixing smartd "Offline uncorrectable sectors" *


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JP Vossen wrote:
>> Date: Fri, 22 May 2009 10:31:53 -0400
>> From: LeRoy <ldc@lrcressy.com>
>>
>> You can mount a partition read only or unmount it.
>> Then you can run e2fsck with the following:
>>
>> e2fsck -p -f -c -C 0
>> 	-p 	automatically repairs problems
>> 	-f	force the file system check
>> 	-c	run badblocks
>> 	-C 0	display the progress bar
> 
> Well sure.  But that is a really Bad Idea to do on the root partition 
> from which you are running, is it not?  That's what I would have had to 
> do...
> 
> Later,
> JP

That is why it is always best to have a live CD and physical access to
the machine.  If you are getting log error messages concerning a
specific drive, it is time to do something like backup all data, and
copy data to another drive.

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