HELP!! vxfs won't fsck

[Mark Allen_1]

I have a vxfs file system that crashed and won't fsck. Here is the command I used:
fsck -F vxfs -o full,nolog /dev/vgXX/rLVOL

Here is the error that I get:
vxfs fsck: file system had I/O error(s) on meta-data.
vxfs fsck: file system had I/O error(s) on meta-data.
pass0 - checking structural files
pass1 - checking inode sanity and blocks
vxfs fsck: fsck read failure bno = 19624, off = 0, len = 8192

What can I do?

[Tom Danzig · Accepted solution]

Sound like the disk is gone. Replace disk and restore from backup (not what you wanted to hear I'm sure!).

[Mark Allen_1]

Thanks!! I came to the same solution. I'm running a dd to /dev/null from that disk. Its been running for 30 minutes. I think the disk is trashed.
The funny thing is the root volume is on the same disk and its not having any problems. Could it be that a bnu is corrupted and the other volumes are able to function on that disk because they don't access that block number?

[A. Clay Stephenson]

Hi Mark,

It appears that you have a bad block on the disk. A dd taking 30 minutes or more is not unusual especially with a small block size and a large disk. You might simply try making a new filesystem. However, I don't like the idea of any questionable spots on my boot disk.

This is why you spend the moneyt on MirrorDisk/UX and mirrored disks. This would be duck soup if you were mirrored.

Good luck, Clay

[Mark Allen_1]

The dd just failed with an I/O error. I will be backing up the data and ordering a new disk.

Thanks for the help!!

-Mark