If I boot to single-user mode (reboot, hit space, do boot -s) and dump /usr
to a file, I get read errors on a couple of blocks.
Running fsck -y (also in single user of course) did not show a problem, but
it did not clear up the errors when I tried the dump again.
I thought it was safe to dump /
On Tue, 09 Nov 2004 21:21:42 -0800, Matt Staroscik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> If I boot to single-user mode (reboot, hit space, do boot -s) and dump /usr
> to a file, I get read errors on a couple of blocks.
>
> Running fsck -y (also in single user of course) did not show a problem, but
> it
[Matt Staroscik, 2004-11-09]
> If I boot to single-user mode (reboot, hit space, do boot -s) and dump /usr
> to a file, I get read errors on a couple of blocks.
:
> I thought it was safe to dump /usr in single-user mode. Will I need to boot
> off a CD or try another trick to get a clean dump o
>
>
> If I boot to single-user mode (reboot, hit space, do boot -s) and dump /usr
> to a file, I get read errors on a couple of blocks.
>
> Running fsck -y (also in single user of course) did not show a problem, but
> it did not clear up the errors when I tried the dump again.
>
> I thought i
At 01:18 PM 11/10/2004, you wrote:
Your problem seems to be bad blocks in the /usr file system.
That has nothing to do with dump. It is a bad spot on the disk.
fsck will not fix that sort of thing. If you can figure out
what files sit on the bad spots, you might be able to delete them
and then d
