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Old 07-05-2009, 05:15 AM   #1
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How does scaning work?


This is from

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1006328

I am still not familiar how the whole terminal thing goes for this. I don't know much on this.

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Directly after getting the error, check /var/log/syslog and see if there are any disk-related errors.

Also, I would scan both your USB drive and your laptop's hard drive with "badblocks -v".
How does check /var/log/syslog and badblocks -v work in the terminal step-by-step?

I don't know where to start when I am very clueless on command line; only know very basic.
 
Old 07-05-2009, 05:22 AM   #2
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open a terminal, login as root and type
Code:
tail -f /var/log/syslog
Then if the error appears, look at the output in the terminal.
So you can follow the logfile live.

Quote:
badblocks -v work in the terminal
try man badblocks
Code:
badblocks -v /dev/hdx
 
Old 07-05-2009, 05:29 AM   #3
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try man badblocks
Code:
badblocks -v /dev/hdx
It says:

Code:
badblocks: No such file or directory while trying to determine device size
 
Old 07-05-2009, 05:32 AM   #4
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You need to know the partition you want to scan
As root
Code:
fdsik -l
Then
Code:
badblocks -v /dev/xxxx
depending on the output from fdisk -l
 
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You need to know the partition you want to scan
As root
Code:
fdsik -l
Then
Code:
badblocks -v /dev/xxxx
depending on the output from fdisk -l
which /dev/??? entry correspond to USB drive? sda1?

Edit: Wait, I got it. fdisk

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Old 07-05-2009, 05:41 AM   #6
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In a terminal type
Code:
tail -f /var/log/syslog
Then plugin the usb, and look at the output.
It should read something like:
Quote:
Jul 5 12:37:47 cannabis kernel: [40399.425843] scsi 6:0:0:0: Direct-Access Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 PMAP PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 CCS
Jul 5 12:37:49 cannabis kernel: [40401.392915] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdc] 7936000 512-byte hardware sectors (4063 MB)
Jul 5 12:37:49 cannabis kernel: [40401.393298] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdc] Write Protect is off
Jul 5 12:37:49 cannabis kernel: [40401.393298] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdc] Mode Sense: 23 00 00 00
Jul 5 12:37:49 cannabis kernel: [40401.393298] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdc] Assuming drive cache: write through
Jul 5 12:37:49 cannabis kernel: [40401.396917] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdc] 7936000 512-byte hardware sectors (4063 MB)
Jul 5 12:37:49 cannabis kernel: [40401.397338] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdc] Write Protect is off
Jul 5 12:37:49 cannabis kernel: [40401.397338] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdc] Mode Sense: 23 00 00 00
Jul 5 12:37:49 cannabis kernel: [40401.397338] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdc] Assuming drive cache: write through
So in this case the usb is on
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/dev/sdc
 
Old 07-05-2009, 05:45 AM   #7
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Mine says:

Jul 5 06:42:13 ??? kernel: [ 4230.597654] FAT: Filesystem panic (dev sdb1)
Jul 5 06:42:13 ??? kernel: [ 4230.597658] fat_get_cluster: invalid cluster chain (i_pos 116569480)
Jul 5 06:42:13 ??? kernel: [ 4230.597667] FAT: Filesystem panic (dev sdb1)
Jul 5 06:42:13 ??? kernel: [ 4230.597670] fat_get_cluster: invalid cluster chain (i_pos 116569480)
Jul 5 06:42:13 ??? kernel: [ 4230.597677] FAT: Filesystem panic (dev sdb1)
Jul 5 06:42:13 ??? kernel: [ 4230.597682] fat_get_cluster: invalid cluster chain (i_pos 116569480)
Jul 5 06:42:13 ??? kernel: [ 4230.597689] FAT: Filesystem panic (dev sdb1)
Jul 5 06:42:13 ??? kernel: [ 4230.597693] fat_get_cluster: invalid cluster chain (i_pos 116569480)
Jul 5 06:42:13 ??? kernel: [ 4230.597701] FAT: Filesystem panic (dev sdb1)
Jul 5 06:42:13 ??? kernel: [ 4230.597705] fat_get_cluster: invalid cluster chain (i_pos 116569480)

Edit: I believe something's wrong with my computer reading FAT.

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Old 07-05-2009, 05:48 AM   #8
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Seems to me the usb has problems :-)

try
Code:
badblocks -v /dev/sdb1
 
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Seems to me the usb has problems :-)
Or perhaps FAT isn't a good file system for USBs in the first place.

My USB's file system: W95 FAT32

Result from badblocks:

Code:
Checking blocks 0 to 3915203
Checking for bad blocks (read-only test): done                                
Pass completed, 0 bad blocks found.
Strange. This looks very odd.
 
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fat32 on usb is no problem.
You could try to reformat the drive, unless you need to recover the data on the usb
Can you read the usb in windows ?
 
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fat32 on usb is no problem.
You could try to reformat the drive, unless you need to recover the data on the usb
Can you read the usb in windows ?
I can't reformat this. It's has some of my crucial academic data for my university courses.

I don't have Windows.

Is there a way to fix the corrupted FAT system in the USB drive?
 
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Take a look at testdisk
http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/Main_Page
 
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Does this happen to also recover corrupted files as well? In case if my files are corrupted after the recovery, what should I do?
 
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Perhaps you should first focus on accessing the drive.

From the site:

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TestDisk can

* Fix partition table, recover deleted partition
* Recover FAT32 boot sector from its backup
* Rebuild FAT12/FAT16/FAT32 boot sector
* Fix FAT tables
* Rebuild NTFS boot sector
* Recover NTFS boot sector from its backup
* Fix MFT using MFT mirror
* Locate ext2/ext3 Backup SuperBlock
* Undelete files from FAT, NTFS and ext2 filesystem
* Copy files from deleted FAT, NTFS and ext2/ext3 partitions.
 
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Sorry about that. I'm just paranoid of the fear that I will lose my crucial files related to my university.
 
  


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