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From: Stefan Schmiedl <s@×××.de>
To: Caveman Al Toraboran <toraboracaveman@××××××××××.com>, gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] repair uefi vfat /boot?
Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2020 07:53:35
Message-Id: 1749880775.20200322085318@xss.de
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] repair uefi vfat /boot? by Caveman Al Toraboran
1 "Caveman Al Toraboran" <toraboracaveman@××××××××××.com>, 22.03.2020, 02:29:
2
3 > On Saturday, March 21, 2020 8:03 PM, Stefan Schmiedl <s@×××.de> wrote:
4
5 >> "Caveman Al Toraboran" toraboracaveman@××××××××××.com, 21.03.2020, 14:49:
6 >>
7 >> > questions:
8 >> > * what's going on?
9 >> > * how to find out?
10 >>
11 >> "dmesg -T" is your friend. It should show the error messages
12 >> with their timestamps.
13 >>
14 >> > * how to fix?
15 >>
16 >> For spinning HDs:
17 >>
18 >> If the error messages point towards faulty sectors that can't be
19 >> written, get a new drive and migrate your data. If the messages
20 >> don't contain sectors, check and/or replace the cabling. If the
21 >> problem persists, get a new drive etc...
22
23 > i get this:  http://codepad.org/MVeqeBBu
24 > it mentions "sector", but not sure if it is what you mean.
25
26 Messages like
27 >> [sda] tag#6 Sense Key : Medium Error [current]
28 >> [sda] tag#6 Add. Sense: Unrecovered read error - auto reallocate failed
29 usually point towards towards problems with the magnetic layer
30 on the disk. These do not get better over time, they only get
31 worse.
32
33 Then we have "auto reallocate failed", which means that the HD
34 controller tried to reassign the damaged sector to another working
35 sector, unsuccessfully.
36
37
38 > what do you think?
39
40 If there is anything of value on the disk, get a new one right now.
41
42 Good luck,
43 s.

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Re: [gentoo-user] repair uefi vfat /boot? Michael <confabulate@××××××××.com>
Re: [gentoo-user] repair uefi vfat /boot? Caveman Al Toraboran <toraboracaveman@××××××××××.com>