Re: EXT2FS errors: Please interpret!

George Bonser (grep@oriole.sbay.org)
Thu, 26 Mar 1998 04:56:06 -0800 (PST)


FWIW, I was getting this error on a particular drive when I was messing
with hdparms like -c 3 and -m <pick a number>. I turned tham all off and
went back to default settings and all has been well since.

On Thu, 26 Mar 1998, Glynn Clements wrote:

>
> Sachin Garg wrote:
>
> > I keep getting the following extfs errors in my kernellog. I can't make
> > head or tail of. Someone please help me.
>
> Looks like some sort of hard disk corruption. I note that it is also
> displaying an error for /dev/hda2:
>
> Mar 24 15:45:25 sangam kernel: attempt to access beyond end of device
> Mar 24 15:45:25 sangam kernel: 03:02: rw=0, want=1094721025, limit=102816
>
> Either go into single-user mode or reboot your system into a shell
> (`init=/bin/sh' option at the boot prompt), and run `e2fsck -f' on all
> of your drives.
>
> > What is this device 03:03.
>
> 03:03 is /dev/hda3:
>
> cerise:~$ ls -l /dev/hda3
> brw-r----- 1 root disk 3, 3 Apr 28 1995 /dev/hda3
>
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> Glynn Clements <glynn@sensei.co.uk>
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