Corrupt directory!

[Michael Hipp]

Lonni J Friedman wrote:
> On 12/20/07, Ken Moffat <kmoffat at drizzle.com> wrote:
>> Lonni J Friedman wrote:
>>>
>>> Perhaps the problem isn't the filesystem but the disk?  Have you
>>> verified that you don't have bad blocks or sectors?
>>>
>>>
>> fsck completes okay, although the first time I ran it I had a zillion
>> fixes. (had to run without the -a option)
> 
> fsck doesn't check disk integrity.
> 
>> What would I run to test the hardware?
> 
> smartd ?

Some of us think we've never gotten anything much from the "smart" stuff.

I'd recommend you download the standalone disk verification tool from 
the website of the disk drive manufacturer.

If all else fails just download the one from Seagate (SeaTools). It's 
available as a bootable iso.

Michael