Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 21 Dec 2008 14:49:13 +0000 | From | Alan Cox <> | Subject | Re: linux ext3 partition hosed, is this hardware of software error? |
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> res 41/40:40:38:3d:95/91:00:0a:00:00/6a Emask 0x409 (media error) <F> > ata1.00: status: { DRDY ERR } > ata1.00: error: { UNC }
Bad sectors
> Buffer I/O error on device sda3, logical block 12 > Buffer I/O error on device sda3, logical block 13
Right near the start of the disk.
Make a copy of the partition with a recovery tool and write it somewhere (file on another disk whatever) and keep it safe. Make a copy of that and fsck the copy. You may need to use the alternate superblock option on fsck for this.
Alan
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