From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from bonobo.elm.relay.mailchannels.net ([23.83.212.22]:4646 "EHLO bonobo.elm.relay.mailchannels.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1728107AbfGJQIB (ORCPT ); Wed, 10 Jul 2019 12:08:01 -0400 Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2019 19:07:46 +0300 From: Andrey Zhunev Message-ID: <1015034894.20190710190746@a-j.ru> Subject: Re: Need help to recover root filesystem after a power supply issue In-Reply-To: References: <958316946.20190710124710@a-j.ru> <1373677058.20190710182851@a-j.ru> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-xfs-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: List-Id: xfs To: Chris Murphy Cc: xfs list Wednesday, July 10, 2019, 6:45:28 PM, you wrote: > On Wed, Jul 10, 2019 at 9:29 AM Andrey Zhunev wrote: >> >> Well, this machine is always online (24/7, with a UPS backup power). >> Yesterday we found it switched OFF, without any signs of life. Trying >> to switch it on, the PSU made a humming noise and the machine didn't >> even try to start. So we replaced the PSU. After that, the machine >> powered on - but refused to boot... Something tells me these two >> failures are likely related... > Most likely the drive is dying and the spin down from power failure > and subsequent spin up has increased the rate of degradation, and > that's why they seem related. > What do you get for: > # smarctl -x /dev/sda The '-x' option gives a lot of output. It's pasted here: https://pastebin.com/raw/yW3yDuSF Well, if there are evidnces the drive is really dying - so be it... I just need to recover the data, if possible. On the other hand, if the drive will work further - I will find some unimportant files to store... --- Best regards, Andrey