Same here, but in my case i lost the HDD. Linux ubuntu 2.6.27-7-generic #1 SMP Fri Oct 24 06:42:44 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux Distributor ID: Ubuntu Release: 8.10 Codename: intrepid
$ sudo lshw -C disk *-disk description: SCSI Disk physical id: 0.0.0 bus info: s...@5:0.0.0 logical name: /dev/sda size: 74GiB (80GB) $ sudo fsck.ext3 /dev/sda1 e2fsck 1.41.3 (12-Oct-2008) fsck.ext3: Attempt to read block from filesystem resulted in short read while trying to open /dev/sda1 Could this be a zero-length partition? $ sudo mkfs.ext3 /dev/sda1 mke2fs 1.41.3 (12-Oct-2008) Warning: could not erase sector 2: Attempt to write block from filesystem resulted in short write Filesystem label= OS type: Linux Block size=4096 (log=2) Fragment size=4096 (log=2) 4685824 inodes, 18729774 blocks 936488 blocks (5.00%) reserved for the super user First data block=0 Maximum filesystem blocks=0 572 block groups 32768 blocks per group, 32768 fragments per group 8192 inodes per group Superblock backups stored on blocks: 32768, 98304, 163840, 229376, 294912, 819200, 884736, 1605632, 2654208, 4096000, 7962624, 11239424 Warning: could not read block 0: Attempt to read block from filesystem resulted in short read Warning: could not erase sector 0: Attempt to write block from filesystem resulted in short write Writing inode tables: done ext2fs_mkdir: Attempt to read block from filesystem resulted in short read while creating root dir -- IRQ 155 and unexpected IRQ trap at vector 9b https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/329766 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs