Hey, yesterday my filesystem of my server was read-only. I restarted the server and the problem was gone. However, today I had the same problem again. So I checked the harddisc with fsck. That's the result: Code: fsck /dev/sda fsck 1.41.3 (12-Oct-2008) e2fsck 1.41.3 (12-Oct-2008) fsck.ext2: Superblock invalid, trying backup blocks... fsck.ext2: Bad magic number in super-block while trying to open /dev/sda The superblock could not be read or does not describe a correct ext2 filesystem. If the device is valid and it really contains an ext2 filesystem (and not swap or ufs or something else), then the superblock is corrupt, and you might try running e2fsck with an alternate superblock: e2fsck -b 8193 <device> Furthermore I had a look into the file /var/log/system.log and found this: Code: Mar 16 17:37:12 server7 kernel: ata1.00: exception Emask 0x50 SAct 0x3f SErr 0x400800 action 0x2 frozen Mar 16 17:37:12 server7 kernel: ata1.00: (irq_stat 0x08000000, interface fatal error) Mar 16 17:37:12 server7 kernel: ata1.00: tag 0 cmd 0x61 Emask 0x50 stat 0x40 err 0x0 (ATA bus error) Mar 16 17:37:12 server7 kernel: ata1.00: tag 1 cmd 0x61 Emask 0x50 stat 0x40 err 0x0 (ATA bus error) Mar 16 17:37:12 server7 kernel: ata1.00: tag 2 cmd 0x61 Emask 0x50 stat 0x40 err 0x0 (ATA bus error) Mar 16 17:37:12 server7 kernel: ata1.00: tag 3 cmd 0x61 Emask 0x50 stat 0x40 err 0x0 (ATA bus error) Mar 16 17:37:12 server7 kernel: ata1.00: tag 4 cmd 0x61 Emask 0x50 stat 0x40 err 0x0 (ATA bus error) Mar 16 17:37:12 server7 kernel: ata1.00: tag 5 cmd 0x61 Emask 0x50 stat 0x40 err 0x0 (ATA bus error) Mar 16 17:37:12 server7 kernel: ata1: soft resetting port Mar 16 17:37:13 server7 kernel: ata1: softreset failed (1st FIS failed) Mar 16 17:37:13 server7 kernel: ata1: softreset failed, retrying in 5 secs Mar 16 17:37:18 server7 kernel: ata1: hard resetting port Mar 16 17:37:18 server7 kernel: ata1: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300) Mar 16 17:37:18 server7 kernel: ata1.00: configured for UDMA/133 Mar 16 17:37:18 server7 kernel: ata1: EH complete Mar 16 17:37:18 server7 kernel: SCSI device sda: 781422768 512-byte hdwr sectors (400088 MB) Mar 16 17:37:18 server7 kernel: sda: Write Protect is off Mar 16 17:37:18 server7 kernel: ata1.00: limiting speed to UDMA/100 Mar 16 17:37:18 server7 kernel: ata1.00: exception Emask 0x50 SAct 0x1 SErr 0x400800 action 0x2 frozen Mar 16 17:37:18 server7 kernel: ata1.00: (irq_stat 0x08000000, interface fatal error) Mar 16 17:37:18 server7 kernel: ata1.00: tag 0 cmd 0x61 Emask 0x50 stat 0x40 err 0x0 (ATA bus error) Mar 16 17:37:18 server7 kernel: sda: Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00 Mar 16 17:37:19 server7 kernel: ata1: soft resetting port Mar 16 17:37:19 server7 kernel: ata1: softreset failed (1st FIS failed) Mar 16 17:37:19 server7 kernel: ata1: softreset failed, retrying in 5 secs Mar 16 17:37:24 server7 kernel: ata1: hard resetting port Mar 16 17:37:24 server7 kernel: ata1: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300) Mar 16 17:37:24 server7 kernel: ata1.00: configured for UDMA/100 Mar 16 17:37:24 server7 kernel: ata1: EH complete Mar 16 17:37:25 server7 kernel: SCSI device sda: drive cache: write back Mar 16 17:37:25 server7 kernel: SCSI device sda: 781422768 512-byte hdwr sectors (400088 MB) Mar 16 17:37:25 server7 kernel: sda: Write Protect is off Mar 16 17:37:25 server7 kernel: sda: Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00 Mar 16 17:37:25 server7 kernel: SCSI device sda: drive cache: write back Do you have an idea what's the problem and how I can solve it? Thank you very much
Buy a new drive A.S.A.P. and transfer the data.! The old drive is failing. You are correct in that the actuator arm and the control mechanism that tells the arm what to do are damaged. This is the first sign of a failing drive. You can have a specialist recover the data (at a very high price) after the drive stops working but get a new drive NOW and try to transfer what you can...
Did you run the fsck via the live disc? Otherwise /dev/sda would have the mounted partition of /dev/sda1... Try run the same command from the recovery option in the installation disc (if you have ubuntu)..
