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> >> >> >> > and the vi command always seg faults. Does that mean the |
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> >> /dev/hda3 |
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> >> >> >> > image is done-for and I should just start the laptop over from |
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> >> >> scratch |
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> >> >> >> > and import my /etc/ and /home/ directories when it's |
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> >> re-installed? |
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> >> >> >> |
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> >> >> >> I would try putting it all back and re-emerge everything (emerge |
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> >> -vaD |
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> >> >> >> --emptytree world). It would fix if anything bad happened to the |
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> >> >> compiled |
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> >> >> >> things and you could start using the things which survived sooner. |
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> >> >> > |
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> >> >> > I tried re-emerging vim from within the chroot and I got: |
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> >> >> > |
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> >> >> > /usr/portage/eclass/vim.eclass: line 342: make: command not found |
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> >> >> > |
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> >> >> > What do you think? |
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> >> >> > |
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> >> >> |
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> >> >> Have you checked the laptop drive? If it is faulty then |
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> >> re-installing is |
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> >> >> just wasting your time. |
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> >> >> |
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> >> >> I would recommend checking the drive with smartmontools before |
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> >> going any |
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> >> >> further. Given the problems outlined above, I would make a package for |
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> >> >> it on your desktop and do a binary install of the result on the |
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> >> laptop. |
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> >> > |
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> >> > I haven't checked the laptop drive yet. Can I make a smartmontools |
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> >> > package for the x86 laptop on the amd64 desktop? How can I do that? |
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> >> > |
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> >> > |
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> >> |
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> >> Actually, I just noticed that smartmontools is installed on the livecd, |
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> >> so just use that! Post the output of '/usr/sbin/smartctl -d ata -a |
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> >> /dev/hda' - (assuming that your hard drive *is* /dev/hda of course...) |
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> > |
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> > That command takes less than a second to complete and there is a lot |
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> > of output. One thing that jumps out at me is: |
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> > |
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> > ATA Error Count: 868 |
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> > |
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> > Is there anything else I should post? |
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> > |
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> Hmmm - sounds like its seen 868 read/write errors. However to advise you |
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> better we need to see the output. I suspect it is huge because there are |
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> error details for each of the 868 errors. How about post the first 200 |
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> lines of the smartctl output to the list? |
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I did a fresh format and install with the GTK installer from a LiveCD |
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and on the second boot errors are detected in the file system. I |
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guess it's over for this drive? |
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- Grant |
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