On Mon, 02 Apr 2007 21:05:30 +0200 jan kalcic <jandot@googlemail.com> wrote:
eshsf wrote:
On Mon, 2 Apr 2007 12:16:35 +0900 eshsf <eshsf@mbj.nifty.com> wrote:
Hello,
On Mon, 02 Apr 2007 01:12:49 +0200 jan kalcic <jandot@googlemail.com> wrote:
Hi People,
openSuSE 10.2, never had a problem with filesystem but suddenly it seems it has become "bad" as it takes something like 10 or more seconds to open a file, especially the biggest ones, and in the meanwhile it doesn't allow to do anything else but wait. I've already run fsck (ext3) to check it but no error is shown and yet I still have big troubles working with big files (>100MB).
In addition, during the wait, the hard disk sounds like it is doing such a big work that it's so busy it can't even move my mouse. Quite strange.
Could it even be an hardware (hard disk) problem?
The problem looks like caused by a bad sector. Did you see a dmesg or /var/log/messages? If It is a bad sector, then you would could use DFT(Drive Fitness Test).
First of all, **backup your all data**. Next, download Drive Fitness Test. http://www.hitachigst.com/hdd/support/table.htm Downloads -> [Drive Fitness Test] download a CD image -> burn it to CD-R After boot from CD-R, choose [2. ATA support only] if you won't check for SATA drive. select it Up and Down to test for your drive and start [Advanced Test].
*Caution*: An Advanced Test takes very long time becuase that checks a all sector. (Perhaps it will take about a hour as your HDD)
And if that found a bad sector, then correct it. After this check, you would must fsck by using LiveCD or Knoppix before boot system.
FYI: if you have a seagate HDD, there is a SeaTools too. http://www.seagate.com/www/en-us/support/downloads/
eshsf
It's a hitachi disk. I'll try DFT and will see what happens.
When I had a phenomenon same as this in the past, I resolved this problem by the way I said. However I think the best way is a clean install after backup a data and corrected a bad sector by using DFT, SeaTools, and so on. Thanks, eshsf -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org