Cant boot drive errors and tsc firmware erros =/

Operating Systems & Open Source Linux
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im on linux mint

ok so first off every time i boot i get
"firmware bug tsc_deadline disable update to microcode version 0x22 (or later)
couldn’t get size 0x00000000000… ect
modsign couldnt get uefi db list"

second my ssd which has my OS on it wont mount or boot. for a while i was getting some errors which i could fix with fsck but now im getting
"sudo fsck /dev/sdf1
fsck from util-linux 2.30.1
e2fsck 1.43.5 (04-Aug-2017)
fsck.ext2: Input/output error while trying to open /dev/sdf1

The superblock could not be read or does not describe a valid ext2/ext3/ext4
filesystem. If the device is valid and it really contains an ext2/ext3/ext4
filesystem (and not swap or ufs or something else), then the superblock
is corrupt, and you might try running e2fsck with an alternate superblock:
e2fsck -b 8193
or
e2fsck -b 32768
"

and the drive will only show up if i hot plug it in. the drive size shows
500 GB (500107862016 bytes)
but the partitions are using
500105184768 bytes

and i also have 50 bad sectors btu the device shows up as ok?

it’s ext 4 lvm.

“sudo e2fsck -b 8193 /dev/sdf1” did something the first time i ran it but now wont work.

also originally the location of the drive was /dev/dm-0 and now it’s sdf1?

when i run “sudo e2fsch -b 8193 /dev/dm-0” i get

"sudo e2fsck -b 8193 /dev/dm-0
e2fsck 1.43.5 (04-Aug-2017)
e2fsck: Bad magic number in super-block while trying to open /dev/dm-0

The superblock could not be read or does not describe a valid ext2/ext3/ext4
filesystem. If the device is valid and it really contains an ext2/ext3/ext4
filesystem (and not swap or ufs or something else), then the superblock
is corrupt, and you might try running e2fsck with an alternate superblock:
e2fsck -b 8193
or
e2fsck -b 32768

/dev/dm-0 contains a ext4 file system
last mounted on / on Thu Jan 4 00:08:53 2018
"

right and im doing this form a ubuntu usb

im lost help

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this means you have microcode updates disabled.

double check for bad blocks with

sudo badblocks -nsv /dev/sdf

If even one badblock is found, then that means your drive is dying.

Try just just fsck instead of an aditional utility.

sudo fsck.ext4 -v /dev/sdf1

Try following this post:

Personally, I think you have a badsector in a superblock (but we won’t know until you check); which really fucks up you system. Just unlucky.

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“PPass completed, 471154688 bad blocks found. (471154688/0/0 errors)”

uhhh that cant be right can it?

when i list drives it shows up sporadically and immediately after i checked for bad blocks i listed and it wasnt there.

also
"sudo fsck.ext4 -v /dev/dm-0
e2fsck 1.43.5 (04-Aug-2017)
/dev/dm-0: recovering journal
fsck.ext4: Input/output error while trying to re-open /dev/dm-0

/dev/dm-0: ********** WARNING: Filesystem still has errors **********
"

cant even get through step one

testdisk time?

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It looks like the drive is dying. More importantly, lvm does not seem yo be managing the drive anymore. The arch wiki is your friend. I would look for a replacement drive now.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/LVM#Logical_Volumes_do_not_show_up

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Yeah that drive is hemorrhaging bad, replace immediately.

6

ah shit thats what i thought =/ thankfully warrentys still good for another 2 years

7

Thank god for warrenties :slight_smile:

What SSD did you have btw?

8

mushkin reactor 500gb. same one wendell reviewed a while back

9

how old is it?

10

a year tops

11

Damn, must’ve been a bad batch?

I’ve seen other people recommend these drives and thought about getting one myself.

I can’t imagine you’ve written over several hundred terabytes worth of write cycles.

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yea i havent even come close to 100 much less multiple hundreds. most the data stayed put once it was written and this was my downloads folder but maybe downloaded 2-3 tb of data over the life of the drive tops.

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Yeah it was just a bad then. You’d usually have to write hundreds of terabytes of data to modern SSD’s before they brake down.

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I put one of these in my wife’s laptop. She has had it for 3 years with no issue. I normally use Crucial SSDs but it was a good deal.

Warranty that sucker quick.