Re: [tlug] buffer i/o error on usb dev

[Sigurd Urdahl <sigurdur@example.com>]

Charles Muller wrote:
> I had a power outage while downloading to an external usb drive which 
> was formatted fat32. After this I had problems with file access on the 
> drive. After reformatting it, it apparently works OK in Windows, but 
> Linux (Debian testing 2.6.18-4) won't have anything to do with it.
>
> During bootup:
>
> buffer I/O error on device sdb logical block 29305205

I'd start by running "badblocks" on it. At least som mk*fs'es support 
badblocklisting so that you can make sure the new filesystem avoids any 
blocks that are bad.

I'd also be a bit cautious with that drive, it might be failing.

kind regards,
-sig


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