[opensuse] Sign of a Failing SD Card?
Hello, I have an SD card that is giving me trouble. I had Fedora 25 ARM on it before it stopped responding. I noticed it when I could no longer SSH to the Raspberry Pi. I plugged in a monitor and received an error when running any command I tried (I'm afraid I forgot to write it down). On reboot it would fail into a recovery console. When running fsck on the card I receive gobs of errors on the main partition. Below is a sample of the errors, there are many many more, all the same just the blocks change. Is this the sign of a failing card? I reformatted once and reinstalled Fedora, but only about a week later I noticed the same problem. I ran fsck.ext -y and it took a few minutes to churn through. No errors were printed at the end. I'm planing on putting openSUSE Leap on next to try out since I'm enjoying it on my laptop, but I'm not sure if I should grab a new card prior to doing so. bryon@blaptop:~> sudo fsck.ext4 /dev/mmcblk0p4 e2fsck 1.42.11 (09-Jul-2014) _/ contains a file system with errors, check forced. Pass 1: Checking inodes, blocks, and sizes Inode 51 has an invalid extent (logical block 2, invalid physical block 1073775907, len 514) Clear<y>? yes Inode 51 has an invalid extent (logical block 20, invalid physical block 8796093056305, len 2) Clear<y>? yes Inode 51 has an invalid extent (logical block 6, invalid physical block 34359773427, len 1) Clear<y>? yes Inode 51 has an invalid extent (logical block 9, invalid physical block 34359771707, len 1) Clear<y>? yes Inode 51, end of extent exceeds allowed value (logical block 12, physical block 564121, len 129) Clear<y>? Thanks, Bryon -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On Tue, 03 Jan 2017, bryonadams@openmailbox.org wrote:
... When running fsck on the card I receive gobs of errors on the main partition. ...
I had a recent SSD failure, the first symptom was masses of disk errors on the resident filesystem. This was followed by a system crash which seemed to corrupt some BIOS settings as well. The SATA port wouldn't talk to a new drive until I reset by pulling the BIOS battery (ASUS M5A97 EVO). The SSD seems totally dead now (OCZ Vertex 3). I have a daily rsync of the OS on another drive, so I was able to quickly reconfigure the backup to be bootable. I guess your case situation sounds similar as far as seeing lots of errors. Make sure you put aside the last good backup. Cheers, Michael -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 03/01/17 04:42, Michael Hamilton wrote:
On Tue, 03 Jan 2017, bryonadams@openmailbox.org wrote:
... When running fsck on the card I receive gobs of errors on the main partition. ...
I had a recent SSD failure, the first symptom was masses of disk errors on the resident filesystem. This was followed by a system crash which seemed to corrupt some BIOS settings as well. The SATA port wouldn't talk to a new drive until I reset by pulling the BIOS battery (ASUS M5A97 EVO). The SSD seems totally dead now (OCZ Vertex 3). I have a daily rsync of the OS on another drive, so I was able to quickly reconfigure the backup to be bootable.
Did you read the SSD stress-test feature? (Sorry, no link.) The good news is that the drives lasted much longer than expected, but they made that point about drives dying. Once they start really to die, the sequence is the firmware detects the drive is dying, and goes read-only to give you a chance to save your data. BUT. As soon as you power-cycle a read-only drive that's it. It commits suicide. Nothing there at all any more. Cheers, Wol -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
Le 03/01/2017 à 04:28, bryonadams@openmailbox.org a écrit :
if I should grab a new card prior to doing so.
given than 32Gb SD cards are around 12€ now, better take a new one. SD cards are not that good and failing can happen even only on reading jdd (that uses many for photo/video) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 03/01/17 07:14, jdd wrote:
Le 03/01/2017 à 04:28, bryonadams@openmailbox.org a écrit :
if I should grab a new card prior to doing so.
given than 32Gb SD cards are around 12€ now, better take a new one. SD cards are not that good and failing can happen even only on reading
In my experience (and in the general vibe I get) full size cards are usually pretty robust. The micro cards fail all the time. I don't think I've had a single full-size card fail on me, but I've binned a couple of micro cards and am on the verge of binning another.
jdd (that uses many for photo/video)
Ditto. Cheers, Wol -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
Le 03/01/2017 à 17:27, Anthony Youngman a écrit :
In my experience (and in the general vibe I get) full size cards are usually pretty robust. The micro cards fail all the time.
don't see any reason for that, it's the exact same chip. But I have seen *adaptor* (micro to standard) fail pretty often. I very often buy micro sd, because I use many in smartphones jdd -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 01/02/2017 10:28 PM, bryonadams@openmailbox.org wrote:
Is this the sign of a failing card?
Quite possibly. I've had cards and USB stick fail. It does not seem to be related to use. It is only vaguely related to age. One I put an emergency boot for 11.2 on some years ago is now completely dead though its been used only a few times. I think it has more to do with manufacturing quality. That's the same for rotating rust, isn't it? That being said, some other older sticks and cards seem to survive well. Again, not related to use. The one in my camera is the oldest of all the cards I have and sees the most use but shows no signs of failing. Go figure. Rotating Rust dies after a few years and we've come to accommodate that in our contingency planning. Is it a matter of cost or a matter of data loss? -- A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting frowned upon? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 1/3/2017 07:54, Anton Aylward wrote:
On 01/02/2017 10:28 PM, bryonadams@openmailbox.org wrote:
Is this the sign of a failing card?
Quite possibly. I've had cards and USB stick fail. It does not seem to be related to use. It is only vaguely related to age. One I put an emergency boot for 11.2 on some years ago is now completely dead though its been used only a few times. I think it has more to do with manufacturing quality. That's the same for rotating rust, isn't it?
That being said, some other older sticks and cards seem to survive well. Again, not related to use. The one in my camera is the oldest of all the cards I have and sees the most use but shows no signs of failing.
Go figure.
Rotating Rust dies after a few years and we've come to accommodate that in our contingency planning.
Is it a matter of cost or a matter of data loss?
More curiosity than anything, no real data I can't restore easily as I only use my Pi as a jump box to SSH to home from work. I've had the card for about 4 years, mostly just used for my camera. I did have problems taking pictures with it while at the top of a fire tower (hiking Snowy Mountain in New York), camera would freeze on taking a picture while the card was in. I'll grab a couple new cards since I'm short one anyway. Thanks everyone! -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
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