Cant write to sdb1 | Arch Linux Community | Page 1

cunning crag Mar 11, 2025, 8:47 PM

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i mounted sdb1 to /mnt/data then i created a folder, after some time i tried to create a new folder but it just said mkdir: cannot create directory ‘folder’: Input/output error it seems i cant delete things either also i still can read from the disk, i have not updated anything in between the folder creationings

fervent pivot Mar 11, 2025, 8:48 PM

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cunning crag i mounted sdb1 to /mnt/data then i created a folder, after some time i tried to ...

lsblk -f

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Is sdb1 still mounted there

cunning crag Mar 11, 2025, 8:49 PM

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cunning crag Mar 11, 2025, 8:49 PM

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fervent pivot Is sdb1 still mounted there

yes

fervent pivot Mar 11, 2025, 8:50 PM

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Sounds like a hw issue

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is it usb?

cunning crag Mar 11, 2025, 8:50 PM

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no

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its in the pc

fervent pivot Mar 11, 2025, 8:50 PM

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sudo dmesg | grep sdb

cunning crag Mar 11, 2025, 8:51 PM

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📎 message.txt

fervent pivot Mar 11, 2025, 8:52 PM

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[163492.315386] Buffer I/O error on dev sdb1, logical block 0, lost sync page write
[163492.315394] EXT4-fs (sdb1): I/O error while writing superblock
[163492.315396] EXT4-fs (sdb1): Remounting filesystem read-only

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remounting as read only is the cause of the failure to write

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sudo smartctl -a /dev/sdb

cunning crag Mar 11, 2025, 8:54 PM

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fervent pivot `sudo smartctl -a /dev/sdb`

Copyright (C) 2002-23, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org

Smartctl open device: /dev/sdb failed: INQUIRY failed```

fervent pivot Mar 11, 2025, 8:56 PM

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sudo smartctl -i /dev/sdb

cunning crag Mar 11, 2025, 8:56 PM

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fervent pivot `sudo smartctl -i /dev/sdb`

smartctl 7.4 2023-08-01 r5530 [x86_64-linux-6.13.2-arch1-1] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-23, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org

Smartctl open device: /dev/sdb failed: INQUIRY failed```

fervent pivot Mar 11, 2025, 8:57 PM

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hmm

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unmount sdb1 and try again

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copy your files out of there if they're important

cunning crag Mar 11, 2025, 9:07 PM

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sorry for waiting, my internet broke

cunning crag Mar 11, 2025, 9:09 PM

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fervent pivot unmount sdb1 and try again

cant

fervent pivot Mar 11, 2025, 9:11 PM

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lsof | grep data

cunning crag Mar 11, 2025, 9:11 PM

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fervent pivot `lsof | grep data`

📎 message.txt

fervent pivot Mar 11, 2025, 9:12 PM

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lsof | grep mnt/data

cunning crag Mar 11, 2025, 9:12 PM

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i started a server while being there

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adb server

fervent pivot Mar 11, 2025, 9:13 PM

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quit it

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or kill

cunning crag Mar 11, 2025, 9:13 PM

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did but the issue is still there

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fervent pivot Mar 11, 2025, 9:14 PM

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the umount

cunning crag Mar 11, 2025, 9:14 PM

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oh

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ok

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now mount it back?

fervent pivot Mar 11, 2025, 9:15 PM

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smartctl

cunning crag Mar 11, 2025, 9:16 PM

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fervent pivot smartctl

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fervent pivot Mar 11, 2025, 9:17 PM

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sudo smartctl /dev/sdb

cunning crag Mar 11, 2025, 9:17 PM

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fervent pivot Mar 11, 2025, 9:18 PM

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sudo smartctl /dev/sda

cunning crag Mar 11, 2025, 9:18 PM

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fervent pivot `sudo smartctl /dev/sda`

fervent pivot Mar 11, 2025, 9:20 PM

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Is it a new or old drive

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Could be failing or a bad connection

cunning crag Mar 11, 2025, 9:20 PM

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fervent pivot Is it a new or old drive

old

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idk but the computer wasnt moving or shaked before the issue appearing

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the fact that i made a folder successfully and then just a few minutes later this issue appears that i cant write to the disk anymore

fervent pivot Mar 11, 2025, 9:30 PM

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Reboot and try smartctl -a again

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Sometimes disks just fail seemingly randomly

cunning crag Mar 11, 2025, 9:33 PM

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i will try that

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fervent pivot Mar 11, 2025, 9:40 PM

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cunning crag

still not sdb1 lol

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/dev/sdb

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it's no longer in lsblk

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looks like it just completely failed (or detached) :/

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look at the dmesg

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You should be able to find something there related to it

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try the grep sdb

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Kernel might not be able to identify that it's sdb anymore though

cunning crag Mar 11, 2025, 9:41 PM

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nothing. sdb is gone

fervent pivot Mar 11, 2025, 9:42 PM

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grep for scsi

cunning crag Mar 11, 2025, 9:42 PM

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wait what

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i have been using an SSD this whole time while thinking it was a hard drive

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but

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i have heard hdd sounds from my pc

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what

fervent pivot Mar 11, 2025, 9:43 PM

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from the sdb or did you just attach it?

cunning crag Mar 11, 2025, 9:44 PM

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The 128GB ssd is the sda btw

cunning crag Mar 11, 2025, 9:44 PM

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fervent pivot from the sdb or did you just attach it?

wdym

fervent pivot Mar 11, 2025, 9:44 PM

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the hdd that just failed

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or sdd I dunno what it is

cunning crag Mar 11, 2025, 9:45 PM

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well i know that the sdb is a hdd

fervent pivot Mar 11, 2025, 9:54 PM

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If it was still visible to the os it would show up in the same style as the Azerty ssd

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Replug the hdd

cunning crag Mar 11, 2025, 9:55 PM

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fervent pivot Replug the hdd

tomorrow

fervent pivot Mar 11, 2025, 10:01 PM

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Maybe worth trying to scan the sata port

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echo "0 0 0" >/sys/class/scsi_host/host<n>/scan

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host<number> are different sata ports

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I don't know how to tell which one of them is your ssd and which one is the hdd

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@cunning crag

cunning crag Mar 11, 2025, 10:04 PM

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fervent pivot `echo "0 0 0" >/sys/class/scsi_host/host<n>/scan`

do i run this

fervent pivot Mar 11, 2025, 10:05 PM

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ls /sys/class/scsi_host and replace <n>

cunning crag Mar 11, 2025, 10:05 PM

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fervent pivot Mar 11, 2025, 10:05 PM

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the echo command has to be run as the root user

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su -

cunning crag Mar 11, 2025, 10:06 PM

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ok

fervent pivot Mar 11, 2025, 10:06 PM

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sudo won't work as root privs won't carry over to the >

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which appends to a file

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it's done by the shell

cunning crag Mar 11, 2025, 10:06 PM

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with what do i replace <n>

fervent pivot Mar 11, 2025, 10:06 PM

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in a another terminal sudo dmesg -w and keep it open

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then go through the numbers until there's something related to sdb or the hdd

cunning crag Mar 11, 2025, 10:10 PM

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Host0: [ 1928.341035] ata1.01: failed to resume link (SControl 0) [ 1928.493071] ata1.00: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300) [ 1928.493093] ata1.01: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 0) [ 1928.495075] ata1.00: configured for UDMA/133
Host1:[ 1968.931833] ata2.01: failed to resume link (SControl 0) [ 1968.942775] ata2.00: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 300) [ 1968.942789] ata2.01: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 0)
Host2:[ 2007.851725] ata3: link is slow to respond, please be patient (ready=0) [ 2012.443607] ata3: SRST failed (errno=-16) [ 2017.908449] ata3: link is slow to respond, please be patient (ready=0) [ 2022.454317] ata3: SRST failed (errno=-16) [ 2027.916161] ata3: link is slow to respond, please be patient (ready=0) [ 2057.469304] ata3: SRST failed (errno=-16) [ 2057.469315] ata3: limiting SATA link speed to 1.5 Gbps [ 2062.473158] ata3: SRST failed (errno=-16) [ 2062.484155] ata3: softreset failed [ 2062.484159] ata3: reset failed, giving up
Host3:[ 2089.440977] ata4: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 300)

fervent pivot Mar 11, 2025, 10:11 PM

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journalctl -b-1 | grep scsi

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-b-1 is the previous boots logs

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-b0 is current boots

cunning crag Mar 11, 2025, 10:12 PM

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