[ubuntu-za] Blown Disk

[Bill Cairns]

Hi Wayne,

sudo fsck /dev/sda1

gives:
fsck from util-linux 2.20.1
e2fsck 1.42.9 (4-Feb-2014)
fsck.ext4: Attempt to read block from filesystem resulted in short read
while trying to open /dev/sda1
Could this be a zero-length partition?

(I hope not!)




On 15 February 2015 at 16:39, Wayne Abroue <plettpc at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi
>
> Doesnt sound like your disk is gone or needing a reinstall, just a bit of
> reshuffling  and linux magic needed. HAve you tried
>
> sudo fsck /dev/***   the partition or drive.?
>
> Wayne A
>
>
>
> On Sun, Feb 15, 2015 at 4:18 PM, Bill Cairns <cairnsww at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> It seems that the sudden power failures caused by load shedding has
>> somehow caused some disk damage. When I tried to boot this morning, I got a
>> grub message that it was trying to read / write beyond hda limits. I booted
>> from the original  DVD, but when I try to look at the root drive where the
>> OS is located I get "Unable to access 20 GB volume" and lots of error
>> messages including "mount:wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on
>> /dev/sda1.
>>
>> So it does not look good.
>>
>> Fortunately all my files are on another Home drive and I can access them
>> - I also have full backup (although Murphy told me not to backup last week
>> so I am missing some stuff ...)
>>
>> My first thought is to simply re-instal on the root drive while keeping
>> my Home directory alone. But I thought that before I did that I would ask
>> if there is perhaps something else I can try - and also ask whether my
>> diagnosis is correct?
>>
>> Any comments or suggestions would be appreciated.
>>
>> (I am not sure that I have used the right terminology here - I hope that
>> I have been clear enough that you can still understand).
>>
>> Bill
>>
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