On Fri, 17 Nov 2000, brian wrote:
> ? /dev/hda2: Attempt to read block from filesystem resulted in short read
> while converting
> directory #122401
> ?
Have you fsck'ed this filesystem lately? That seems like some piece of
the disk is not where the filesystem thinks it is.
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Nate Eldredge
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Title: RE: error message in my report
My previous experience with 'short read' on a hard disk (under RedHat 6.2) was that the first line of defense is an FSCK of the volume. If that doesn't turn up any problems, start saving up for a new hard drive.
P.S. I just bought a 20Gb
>? /dev/hda2: Attempt to read block from filesystem resulted in short read
>while converting
>directory #122401
>?
In addition to the other suggestions of fsck, making sure your disk
geometry/partitioning is correct, etc, this might also indicate an
active file system. Dump saved this inode away
