Mint 17 is on sda5, which is ext4 Ubuntu should be on sda7, also ext4. I have very little time to work on this and have to hunt for my boot dvds. Backups have been done.
Output of lsblk NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT sda 8:0 0 298.1G 0 disk ├─sda1 8:1 0 1.5G 0 part ├─sda3 8:3 0 1K 0 part ├─sda4 8:4 0 21G 0 part ├─sda5 8:5 0 173.6G 0 part / ├─sda6 8:6 0 3.9G 0 part └─sda7 8:7 0 98.1G 0 part sr0 11:0 1 1024M 0 rom On Wed, Oct 28, 2015 at 1:00 PM, <clug-talk-requ...@clug.ca> wrote: > Send clug-talk mailing list submissions to > clug-talk@clug.ca > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > clug-talk-requ...@clug.ca > > You can reach the person managing the list at > clug-talk-ow...@clug.ca > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of clug-talk digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. inodes, fsck and read-only file systems, Oh my! (Noah Tellin) > 2. Re: inodes, fsck and read-only file systems, Oh my! > (Viorel Tabara) > 3. Re: inodes, fsck and read-only file systems, Oh my! > (Gustin Johnson) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2015 17:29:13 -0600 > From: Noah Tellin <thevillageg...@gmail.com> > To: clug-talk@clug.ca > Subject: [clug-talk] inodes, fsck and read-only file systems, Oh my! > Message-ID: > <cadz-tmnzyuvwqwogoyhjcp6kvcqvgkyugufquhoh+8mnfsi...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > My Lenovo has two operating systems dual-booted, Mint 17 and Ubuntu 64 bit. > > Lately, I am getting read-only file system issues and other problems > on boot up, when running Mint, which is my main OS and where my > development server is located. I don't seem to get those problems when > running Ubuntu. Should I just do a reinstall of Mint and see if that > fixes the problem, or go for a full hard drive replacement? > > Temporarily I am copying files over to the Ubuntu side and doing > massive backups with backups of the backups. > > Ralph > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2015 17:38:40 -0600 > From: Viorel Tabara <viorel.tab...@infrabit.net> > To: clug-talk@clug.ca > Subject: Re: [clug-talk] inodes, fsck and read-only file systems, Oh > my! > Message-ID: <56300b00.8040...@infrabit.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 > > On 10/27/2015 05:29 PM, Noah Tellin wrote: >> Lately, I am getting read-only file system issues and other problems >> on boot up, when running Mint, [...] I don't seem to get those problems when >> running Ubuntu. > > What filesystem and on what block device? It would help to post an 'lsblk' > output from both environments and indicate the filesystem having issues. > >> Should I just do a reinstall of Mint and see if that fixes the problem, or go >> for a full hard drive replacement? > > Those issues are usually signs of a failing hardware. The kernel should > provide > some info -- do the system log show (dmesg, /var/log/{messages,syslog}, > journalctl) any errors? > > -- > Viorel > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2015 20:52:58 -0600 > From: Gustin Johnson <gus...@meganerd.ca> > To: CLUG General <clug-talk@clug.ca> > Subject: Re: [clug-talk] inodes, fsck and read-only file systems, Oh > my! > Message-ID: > <CAPM=hj4uLrxxD4HBRpvBnpHyum1oGAtLH=shEGrCB_djrnQ=7...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > What file system is this? Have you run fsck with the -c and -f flags? Can > you boot this device with a cd or USB and then check the disk > (systemrescuecd is my current favorite rescue distro)? Running "badblocks > -svv" (those are two v's as in victor, the "w" will perform a destructive > write test) can give you a more thorough test of the disk. > > Before doing anything, backup your data. > > On Tue, Oct 27, 2015 at 5:38 PM, Viorel Tabara <viorel.tab...@infrabit.net> > wrote: > >> On 10/27/2015 05:29 PM, Noah Tellin wrote: >> > Lately, I am getting read-only file system issues and other problems >> > on boot up, when running Mint, [...] I don't seem to get those problems >> when >> > running Ubuntu. >> >> What filesystem and on what block device? It would help to post an 'lsblk' >> output from both environments and indicate the filesystem having issues. >> >> > Should I just do a reinstall of Mint and see if that fixes the problem, >> or go >> > for a full hard drive replacement? >> >> Those issues are usually signs of a failing hardware. The kernel should >> provide >> some info -- do the system log show (dmesg, /var/log/{messages,syslog}, >> journalctl) any errors? >> >> -- >> Viorel >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> clug-talk mailing list >> clug-talk@clug.ca >> http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca >> Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) >> **Please remove these lines when replying >> > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://clug.ca/pipermail/clug-talk_clug.ca/attachments/20151027/aa60a706/attachment-0001.html> > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > clug-talk@clug.ca > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > > > ------------------------------ > > End of clug-talk Digest, Vol 131, Issue 5 > ***************************************** _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list clug-talk@clug.ca http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
