Re: [gentoo-user] Re: USB Disk failure - Buffer I/O error on device sda2, logical block 1289 lost page write due to I/O error on sda2

[Fatih Tümen]

On Sun, Oct 10, 2010 at 12:23 PM, Stroller
<stroller@××××××××××××××××××.uk> wrote:
>
> On 10 Oct 2010, at 04:58, Fatih Tümen wrote:
>> ...
>>> I'm not using the dreaded 'hardware' word yet, though I'm suspicious.
>>>
>> If you heard the noise coming from the drive when plugged in you be
>> more than suspicious I think.
>
>
> So what's the problem? Bin or warranty the drive - you already told us, I think, there's no important data on there.
>
There problem is I have two more partition with about 80GB of data.

> Messages like this:
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>   Oct  9 20:38:20 elsewhere kernel: [265637.556281] EXT3-fs error (device sda2): ext3_get_inode_loc: unable to read inode block - inode=24579, block=99331
>   Oct  9 20:38:20 elsewhere kernel: [265637.558352] end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 1156680
>   Oct  9 20:38:20 elsewhere kernel: [265637.558363] Buffer I/O error on device sda2, logical block 0
>   Oct  9 20:38:20 elsewhere kernel: [265637.558370] lost page write due to I/O error on sda2
>   Oct  9 20:39:25 elsewhere kernel: [265702.325464] end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 1166992
>
> most likely indicate physical failure of the drive. If it's making noises then it *definitely* means the bearings have gone, guv.
>
> If you need to get data off this disk then we can advise (but search the archives for GNU dd_rescue, or just read its manual) but apart from that there's nothing we can do for this drive.
>

I will that a look at dd_rescue, thanks.

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    Fatih