From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Nov 3 13:51:59 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0622916A46D for ; Sat, 3 Nov 2007 13:51:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from wonkity.com (wonkity.com [67.158.26.137]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B48EC13C4BC for ; Sat, 3 Nov 2007 13:51:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from wonkity.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by wonkity.com (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id lA3DgxCD008372; Sat, 3 Nov 2007 07:42:59 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from localhost (wblock@localhost) by wonkity.com (8.14.1/8.14.1/Submit) with ESMTP id lA3DgxJG008369; Sat, 3 Nov 2007 07:42:59 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2007 07:42:59 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block To: lawrence.petrykanyn@sympatico.ca In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20071103074037.Q8361@wonkity.com> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-3.0 (wonkity.com [127.0.0.1]); Sat, 03 Nov 2007 07:42:59 -0600 (MDT) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: fsck gave up on me! X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 03 Nov 2007 13:51:59 -0000 On Fri, 2 Nov 2007, lawrence.petrykanyn@sympatico.ca wrote: > I have been using FreeBSD 6.2 for a couple of months now with no major > snags. Until now. I did a portupgrade this morning and afterwards, > when I logged in as a user into Gnome, my desktop was missing most of > the programs (Accessories, System Tools, etc.). > I rebooted the machine and "that other" terminal screen came up > (Single User?) and I was prompted to "run fsck manually" so I did so. > Well, fsck gave up on me. I have no idea what happened or why. Can > anyone help me understand what is going on with my machine and any > possible actions I can take to resolve this? > > > Script started on Fri Nov 2 17:13:22 2007 > You have mail. > root# fscd[Kk > ** /dev/ad1s1a (NO WRITE) > ** Last Mounted on / > ** Root file system > ** Phase 1 - Check Blocks and Sizes > CANNOT READ BLK: 524544 > CONTINUE? [yn] y > THE FOLLOWING DISK SECTORS COULD NOT BE READ: 524544, That looks like a hard drive going bad. -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA