strange error when running FSCK

[pfilippone]

SCO 5.0.6 server.

When doing backups, the system crashes with unrecoverable SCSI read errors on hard drive.

Trying to do a FSCK in single user mode.

When running fsck, error says "can't open /etc/checklist for reading error 2"

There is a file /etc/checklist, and it contains:

/dev/root

owner = root; group = sys
Permissions are -rw-rw-r--

Would SCSIBADBLK help?


Help!

 

[tb1254]

You could try it, but it sounds like the hard drive is bad. Once you get the read error message, its time to either wipe the drive and start over or replace the drive.