bruce@scharlau.co.uk wrote:
On Sunday 14 November 2004 11:31, bruce@scharlau.co.uk wrote:
Hi all,
discovered a bad hard disk, and now the system won't boot fully. Instead I get message :
fsck.reiserf /dev/hdb3 failed (status 0x8) run manually!
for each of the hard drive partitions (/dev/hdb1, /dev/hdb2 and /dev/hdb3) and a message at the end saying
fsck failed. Repair manually and reboot. The root filesystem is currently mounted read-only. ...
Anyways, I try mounting the partitions, but get /dev/hdb1 is not a valid block device.
[snipped intermediate stuff]
Anyone else have any ideas about how to sort this out, or I am going to have to just reinstall everything onto a new hard disk and kiss my old files goodbye?
Just to clarify: * You can mount and run /dev/hda without problem. * Any partition on /dev/hdb that you try to access cannot be reached. * 'resierfsck /dev/hdb3' (and so on) all return a bad status. Well, I'd say your hard disk is stuffed. Just a couple of things you might want to try before chucking it: 1. Replace the IDE cable with a new one. 2. If /dev/hdb is on the second IDE controller, try moving it onto the first controller. I just had a /dev/hdb disk that wouldh't mount. I have /dev/hda on IDE1 and /dev/hdb on IDE2 and I shifted /dev/hdb onto IDE1 (as a slave) and it works again. Whether the problem was the cable or the mobo I'm not sure... I'll probably replace the mobo soon anyway. Hope that helps jalal -- GPG fingerprint = 3D45 5509 D380 26A4 523E A9D8 A66A 5F38 CA43 BB0E