[Bug 643705] Re: extremely slow ubuntu 10.04 slow disk check at boot time

[hseuming]

Hi Theodore,
>This really sounds like a hardware problem.

i'll have to apologize if it indeed turns out to be a hardware problem.

> First on my suspect list is your hard drive. Have you tried using
smartctl to get a S.M.A.R.T report?

No, i've not but i just kicked off a long self smartctl test which
allegedly will take 115 minutes to complete

> Or have you tried running diagnostics?

sorry, i had not since i did not suspect a hardware failure before

> During the part of the file system check where the completion percentage is going very slowly, do you hear any kind of 
> regular clicking or grinding or whiring noises from the disk that sound unusual?

oh yes, constant clicking noise with the access light blinking

> That could be the sound of the disk trying and re-trying to read certain disk sectors, again and again and again, 
> until it finally gives up and moves to the next disk sector (which is also bad). That would explain the very slow progress.

i was under the impression that fsck will record the problem and move on
to the next sector shortly.  Bear with me that i know fsck as much as i
know Neptune, :-(      Does that mean all the sectors after 70% are in
bad shape?

Thanks a lot for all the input

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extremely slow ubuntu 10.04 slow disk check at boot time
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