On Thu, Jul 25, 2024 at 2:15 PM Richard Shaw <hobbes1...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I recently had the Fedora install on my laptop go sideways (Ryzen 5 4500U w/ > nvme disk). > > The filesystem was going readonly so I installed System Rescue CD to a thumb > drive to investigate. Sure enough I had 4 unrecoverable errors. > > I don't keep anything critical on it so I decided to just reinstall with > Fedora 40. Installation went fine but I did notice weird dnf output on my > first updated buy everything SEEMED fine... > > I rebooted after the update and tried to log in when after a minute or two > the system froze. Rebooted and sure enough a `dmesg | grep BTRFS` showed an > error. > > Back to booting with System Rescue CD neither a `btrfs check > --check-data-csum` or after mounting, a `btrfs scrub` show any errors. > > So who's right? And if there is an error, what's causing it? I've checked the > drive with smartctl and even let the factory HP firmware diag tools run in a > loop overnight checking everything without error.
The (1) irrecoverable disk errors from the original install, and (2) the errors from the current install, and (3) the errors from dnf indicate (to me) you have a failed NVMe drive. I used to see the symptoms all the time when using SDcards in ARM dev boards. I would put a swap file on the dev board (due to lack of resources), and the drives would fail within about 6 months with the symptoms you describe. Now the interesting part (to me) is, (4) lack of errors reported by some tools. That indicates to me a Chinese drive that misreports drive size and statistics. They usually show up on thumb drives, but I experienced one on a SSD drive years ago. Also see <https://www.google.com/search?q=counterfeit+drive+misreport+size>. All in all, I would replace the NVMe drive with a new one from a trusted source. Not Amazon or eBay. Jeff -- _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
