Claude Jones kirjoitti viestissään (lähetysaika maanantai, 2. lokakuuta 2006 19:53): > I'm getting the following in my system log: > > Oct 2 12:43:53 tehogee smartd[2509]: Device: /dev/sda, 1 > Currently unreadable (pending) sectors > Oct 2 12:43:53 tehogee smartd[2509]: Device: /dev/sda, 1 > Offline uncorrectable sectors > > How can /dev/sda be "Offline" since this is the machine I'm > typing this message on??? The disk isn't offline, this refers to S.M.A.R.T off-line testing (testing in background when the disk is idle). See "man smartctl". > Is FSCK the right tool for this? No. Fsck is for correcting logical errors in the filesystem, this is a hardware problem in the disk drive. Back up all data and replace the drive. -- Markku Kolkka markku.kolkka@xxxxxx