On Sun, 17 May 2020 at 14:54, Richard <lists-fedora@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Date: Sunday, May 17, 2020 13:22:54 -0400
> From: Robert Moskowitz <rgm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> I am having a problem with rsyncing:
>
> rsync -ah --stats --delete /home/
> /media/HD103SI/backups/homebase/home
> rsync:
> readlink_stat("/media/HD103SI/backups/homebase/home/abba/abba/Excel
> /Home/Power usage.xls") failed: Input/output error (5)
> rsync: recv_generator: failed to stat
> "/media/HD103SI/backups/homebase/home/abba/abba/Excel/Home/Power
> usage.xls": Input/output error (5)
> IO error encountered -- skipping file deletion
>
> So I go to the directory and I try to ls P* and it hangs.
>
> I tried to remove the bad file:
>
> rm Power\ usage.xls
> rm: cannot remove `Power usage.xls': Input/output error
>
> How can I get this bad file out of the way so I can back up
> properly?
>
I would probably fsck the drive to see if there are errors, and go
from there.
I worked in an IRIX64 shop for years. IO errors could be due to
bad cables or termination on SCSI cables, but mostly disks that
were failing, so were telling us to replace the disk are restore
from backups.
According to the man page, "fsck.xfs" is just "exit 0".
I would first check the disk's S.M.A.R.T status (smartmontools)
and then use "xfs_repair" (preferably on a ddrescue image -- note the
section of the xfs_repair man page on "Disk Errors").
George N. White III
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