Hello,
I have about 2 years worth of experience with linux, mainly Gentoo, and still consider myself a newbie...
I have been stuck on this problem for a week now, and I have tried so many solutions that I am starting to get lost myself so I'll try to explain as much as I can. Also, this computer's main user is my girlfriend so some info may escape me (although she is not very techie and knows not to mess with things she doesn't know about). First of all : here are my system specs :
Code:root@1[knoppix]# lspci -v 0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 82845 845 (Brookdale) Chipset Host Bridge (rev 03) Subsystem: Intel Corp. 82845 845 (Brookdale) Chipset Host Bridge Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0 Memory at d8000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=64M] Capabilities: [e4] #09 [0104] Capabilities: [a0] AGP version 2.0 0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82845 845 (Brookdale) Chipset AGP Bridge (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode]) Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 64 Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=32 Memory behind bridge: dc000000-ddffffff Prefetchable memory behind bridge: d0000000-d7ffffff 0000:00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801 PCI Bridge (rev 12) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode]) Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0 Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=02, sec-latency=32 I/O behind bridge: 0000c000-0000cfff Memory behind bridge: de000000-de0fffff 0000:00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82801BA ISA Bridge (LPC) (rev 12) Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0 0000:00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82801BA IDE U100 (rev 12) (prog-if 80 [Master]) Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd.: Unknown device 244b Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0 I/O ports at f000 [size=16] 0000:00:1f.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801BA/BAM USB (Hub #1) (rev 12) (prog-if 00 [UHCI]) Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd.: Unknown device 244b Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 19 I/O ports at d000 [size=32] 0000:00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corp. 82801BA/BAM SMBus (rev 12) Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd.: Unknown device 244b Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 17 I/O ports at 5000 [size=16] 0000:00:1f.4 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801BA/BAM USB (Hub #2) (rev 12) (prog-if 00 [UHCI]) Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd.: Unknown device 244b Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 23 I/O ports at d800 [size=32] 0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV11 [GeForce2 MX/MX 400] (rev b2) (prog-if 00 [VGA]) Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 16 Memory at dc000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M] Memory at d0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M] Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 2 Capabilities: [44] AGP version 2.0 0000:02:03.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10) Subsystem: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RT8139 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 19 I/O ports at c000 [size=256] Memory at de000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256] Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2 0000:02:09.0 Multimedia audio controller: C-Media Electronics Inc CM8738 (rev 10) Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd.: Unknown device 5280 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 21 I/O ports at c400 [size=256] Capabilities: [c0] Power Management version 2
What happened : A default Ubuntu 8.10 (installed on hda) was running fine before I decided to clean out the dust from inside the computer (without any of the data backed up, of course... ). At the same time, I figured I would add a couple parts to it, mainly another HDD that I had messed up with Gentoo (hdb) a few years back. When I started up the computer again It worked fine. When my gf got to it, the mouse wasn't working so she decided to reboot.
From this point on, the Ubuntu drive would not boot up, and instead output a Grub 'Error 17' (Filesystem not recognized). So I booted with a Knoppix LiveCD, and tried a couple of things without success.
here is the partition table for hda :
I read that a filesystem check fail could be due to a damaged superblock and that I could use a backup to restore the superblock, which I did without success :Code:root@1[knoppix]# fdisk -l /dev/hda Disk /dev/hda: 40.0 GB, 40020664320 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4865 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hda1 * 1 4660 37431418+ 83 Linux /dev/hda2 4661 4865 1646662+ 5 Extended /dev/hda5 4661 4865 1646631 82 Linux swap / Solaris
'dmesg' spat out a bunch of errors about hda1 that I couldn't decipher :Code:root@0[knoppix]# mkfs.ext3 -n /dev/hda1 mke2fs 1.38 (30-Jun-2005) Filesystem label= OS type: Linux Block size=4096 (log=2) Fragment size=4096 (log=2) 4685824 inodes, 9357854 blocks 467892 blocks (5.00%) reserved for the super user First data block=0 286 block groups 32768 blocks per group, 32768 fragments per group 16384 inodes per group Superblock backups stored on blocks: 32768, 98304, 163840, 229376, 294912, 819200, 884736, 1605632, 2654208, 4096000, 7962624 root@0[knoppix]# fsck.ext3 -b 32768 -f -y -C0 /dev/hda1 e2fsck 1.38 (30-Jun-2005) /dev/hda1: Attempt to read block from filesystem resulted in short read while reading block 1289 /dev/hda1: Attempt to read block from filesystem resulted in short read reading journal superblock fsck.ext3: Attempt to read block from filesystem resulted in short read while checking ext3 journal for /dev/hda1
So I figured the whole disk was damaged so I used smartmontools to check for errors on the disk : (I did the short and long test)Code:root@0[knoppix]# dmesg | grep hda1 Buffer I/O error on device hda1, logical block 0 Buffer I/O error on device hda1, logical block 1 Buffer I/O error on device hda1, logical block 2 Buffer I/O error on device hda1, logical block 3 Buffer I/O error on device hda1, logical block 4 Buffer I/O error on device hda1, logical block 5 Buffer I/O error on device hda1, logical block 6 Buffer I/O error on device hda1, logical block 7 Buffer I/O error on device hda1, logical block 8 Buffer I/O error on device hda1, logical block 9 Buffer I/O error on device hda1, logical block 10 Buffer I/O error on device hda1, logical block 11 Buffer I/O error on device hda1, logical block 12 Buffer I/O error on device hda1, logical block 13 Buffer I/O error on device hda1, logical block 14 Buffer I/O error on device hda1, logical block 15 Buffer I/O error on device hda1, logical block 16 Buffer I/O error on device hda1, logical block 17 Buffer I/O error on device hda1, logical block 18 Buffer I/O error on device hda1, logical block 19 Buffer I/O error on device hda1, logical block 20 Buffer I/O error on device hda1, logical block 21 Buffer I/O error on device hda1, logical block 23 Buffer I/O error on device hda1, logical block 0 Buffer I/O error on device hda1, logical block 1 Buffer I/O error on device hda1, logical block 2 Buffer I/O error on device hda1, logical block 3 Buffer I/O error on device hda1, logical block 4 Buffer I/O error on device hda1, logical block 5 Buffer I/O error on device hda1, logical block 6 Buffer I/O error on device hda1, logical block 7 Buffer I/O error on device hda1, logical block 10312 Buffer I/O error on device hda1, logical block 10313 Buffer I/O error on device hda1, logical block 10314 Buffer I/O error on device hda1, logical block 10315 Buffer I/O error on device hda1, logical block 10317 Buffer I/O error on device hda1, logical block 10318 Buffer I/O error on device hda1, logical block 10319 Buffer I/O error on device hda1, logical block 10317 Buffer I/O error on device hda1, logical block 10318 Buffer I/O error on device hda1, logical block 10319 Buffer I/O error on device hda1, logical block 10312 Buffer I/O error on device hda1, logical block 10313 Buffer I/O error on device hda1, logical block 10314 Buffer I/O error on device hda1, logical block 10315 Buffer I/O error on device hda1, logical block 10312 Buffer I/O error on device hda1, logical block 10313 Buffer I/O error on device hda1, logical block 10314 Buffer I/O error on device hda1, logical block 10315 Buffer I/O error on device hda1, logical block 10317 Buffer I/O error on device hda1, logical block 10318 Buffer I/O error on device hda1, logical block 10319 Buffer I/O error on device hda1, logical block 10317 Buffer I/O error on device hda1, logical block 10318 Buffer I/O error on device hda1, logical block 10319 Buffer I/O error on device hda1, logical block 10312 Buffer I/O error on device hda1, logical block 10313 Buffer I/O error on device hda1, logical block 10314 Buffer I/O error on device hda1, logical block 10315 Buffer I/O error on device hda1, logical block 0 Buffer I/O error on device hda1, logical block 1 Buffer I/O error on device hda1, logical block 2 Buffer I/O error on device hda1, logical block 3 Buffer I/O error on device hda1, logical block 4 Buffer I/O error on device hda1, logical block 5 Buffer I/O error on device hda1, logical block 6 Buffer I/O error on device hda1, logical block 7 Buffer I/O error on device hda1, logical block 8 Buffer I/O error on device hda1, logical block 9 Buffer I/O error on device hda1, logical block 10 Buffer I/O error on device hda1, logical block 11 Buffer I/O error on device hda1, logical block 12 Buffer I/O error on device hda1, logical block 13 Buffer I/O error on device hda1, logical block 14 Buffer I/O error on device hda1, logical block 15 Buffer I/O error on device hda1, logical block 16 Buffer I/O error on device hda1, logical block 17 Buffer I/O error on device hda1, logical block 18 Buffer I/O error on device hda1, logical block 19 Buffer I/O error on device hda1, logical block 20 Buffer I/O error on device hda1, logical block 21 Buffer I/O error on device hda1, logical block 23 Buffer I/O error on device hda1, logical block 0 Buffer I/O error on device hda1, logical block 1 Buffer I/O error on device hda1, logical block 2 Buffer I/O error on device hda1, logical block 3 Buffer I/O error on device hda1, logical block 4 Buffer I/O error on device hda1, logical block 5 Buffer I/O error on device hda1, logical block 6 Buffer I/O error on device hda1, logical block 7 Buffer I/O error on device hda1, logical block 10312 Buffer I/O error on device hda1, logical block 10313 Buffer I/O error on device hda1, logical block 10314 Buffer I/O error on device hda1, logical block 10315 Buffer I/O error on device hda1, logical block 10317 Buffer I/O error on device hda1, logical block 10318 Buffer I/O error on device hda1, logical block 10319 Buffer I/O error on device hda1, logical block 10317 Buffer I/O error on device hda1, logical block 10318 Buffer I/O error on device hda1, logical block 10319 Buffer I/O error on device hda1, logical block 10312 Buffer I/O error on device hda1, logical block 10313 Buffer I/O error on device hda1, logical block 10314 Buffer I/O error on device hda1, logical block 10315
This seems to be contradictory, but I can't really say having never done these tests before ... can someone please help me out ?Code:root@0[knoppix]# smartctl -a /dev/hda smartctl version 5.32 Copyright (C) 2002-4 Bruce Allen Home page is http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/ === START OF INFORMATION SECTION === Device Model: ST340014A Serial Number: 3JX2ZH3X Firmware Version: 3.06 Device is: In smartctl database [for details use: -P show] ATA Version is: 6 ATA Standard is: ATA/ATAPI-6 T13 1410D revision 2 Local Time is: Tue Mar 31 18:04:12 2009 EST SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability. SMART support is: Enabled === START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION === SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED General SMART Values: Offline data collection status: (0x82) Offline data collection activity was completed without error. Auto Offline Data Collection: Enabled. Self-test execution status: ( 89) The previous self-test completed having the electrical element of the test failed. Total time to complete Offline data collection: ( 430) seconds. Offline data collection capabilities: (0x5b) SMART execute Offline immediate. Auto Offline data collection on/off support. Suspend Offline collection upon new command. Offline surface scan supported. Self-test supported. No Conveyance Self-test supported. Selective Self-test supported. SMART capabilities: (0x0003) Saves SMART data before entering power-saving mode. Supports SMART auto save timer. Error logging capability: (0x01) Error logging supported. No General Purpose Logging support. Short self-test routine recommended polling time: ( 1) minutes. Extended self-test routine recommended polling time: ( 31) minutes. SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 10 Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds: ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME FLAG VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE UPDATED WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE 1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate 0x000f 049 046 006 Pre-fail Always - 186591624 3 Spin_Up_Time 0x0003 098 098 000 Pre-fail Always - 0 4 Start_Stop_Count 0x0032 100 100 020 Old_age Always - 16 5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0033 100 100 036 Pre-fail Always - 1 7 Seek_Error_Rate 0x000f 084 060 030 Pre-fail Always - 268295550 9 Power_On_Hours 0x0032 056 056 000 Old_age Always - 38746 10 Spin_Retry_Count 0x0013 100 100 097 Pre-fail Always - 0 12 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0032 100 100 020 Old_age Always - 421 194 Temperature_Celsius 0x0022 038 058 000 Old_age Always - 38 195 Hardware_ECC_Recovered 0x001a 049 045 000 Old_age Always - 186591624 197 Current_Pending_Sector 0x0012 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 58 198 Offline_Uncorrectable 0x0010 100 100 000 Old_age Offline - 58 199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count 0x003e 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 0 200 Multi_Zone_Error_Rate 0x0000 100 253 000 Old_age Offline - 0 202 TA_Increase_Count 0x0032 100 253 000 Old_age Always - 0 SMART Error Log Version: 1 No Errors Logged SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1 No self-tests have been logged. [To run self-tests, use: smartctl -t] SMART Selective self-test log data structure revision number 1 SPAN MIN_LBA MAX_LBA CURRENT_TEST_STATUS 1 0 0 Not_testing 2 0 0 Not_testing 3 0 0 Not_testing 4 0 0 Not_testing 5 0 0 Not_testing Selective self-test flags (0x0): After scanning selected spans, do NOT read-scan remainder of disk. If Selective self-test is pending on power-up, resume after 0 minute delay.
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