On Fri, 22 Apr 2022 at 07:05, <andreas.fourn...@runbox.com> wrote: > On Thu, 2022-04-21 at 21:09 -0400, Jonathan Billings wrote: > > On Apr 21, 2022, at 11:24, andreas.fourn...@runbox.com wrote: > > > > > > Anyway so I have a laptop that only boots to emergency shell. There > > > journalctl says that fsck failed with exit status 4 for > > > /dev/mapper/fedora-root > > > If I run fsck I only get back 'fsck from util-linux 2.37.4' > > > > > > Any advice how to rescue this laptop would be appreciated. > > > > The ‘fsck’ needs a parameter. Either give the drive > > (/dev/mapper/fedora-root) or just run ‘fsck -a’. > > Thanks. I ran it and it said it corrected all the errors. There were a > lot. After it I've been following journalctl -fl and haven't seen > anything special there. What I'm wondering about is what I should think > of my harddisk? Was this incident perhaps some software error or the > first indication that the harddisk is about to fail completely? >
We don't know the history. If the system lost power or crashed the disk could be fine. Smartmon tools can tell you if a disk is sick, but there are "sudden" failures that the tools can't predict. Modern disk manufacturing is very reproducible. Under heavy use, the failure rate goes up at end-of- warranty. I routinely replace system disks when the warranty expires. Disks that are run near capacity tend to fail earlier than ones that have maintained ample free space. Google your drive model -- some drives have a history of early failures. There may be firmware updates or in some cases free replacements. -- George N. White III
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