OS Error on Boot

[NoOp]

On 07/08/2009 03:35 PM, Karl F. Larsen wrote:
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> NoOp wrote:
>> On 07/08/2009 02:07 PM, Wade Smart wrote:
>>> Karl F. Larsen wrote:
>>>> 	You should run from your login to the point you get to:
>>>>
>>>> $ fsck /dev/sdb6
>>>>
>>>> This will correct any errors it can and either end normally, or it will
>>>> tell you where your hard disk is bad.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 73 Karl
>>> 20090708 1604 GMT-5
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>>> I ran the command, it exited and the computer rebooted.
>>> Im back at my mail client typing this instead of webmail but, everything 
>>> is running very slow. Apps open very slow. Clicking on a email takes a 
>>> while for it to show on the screen.
>>>
>> 
>> Boot into recovery mode and run fsck from the menu there.
>> 
>> 
>> 
> 	He already did this...

Not if he did
$ fsck /dev/sdb6

The '$' indicates that he is doing fsck from a mounted drive. If he did
it at the end of the error msg as in his first post:
root at wadesmart:~#
then OK.
  I've not found any definitive source for this, but have always thought
that running fsck from a mounted drive can potentially cause data
corruption.

But I do agree, following all of the badblock errors, it appears that
his drive is going bad (quickly) - unless of course running fsck on the
mounted drive caused the bad blocks...