Timeline for Check read-only Btrfs volume
Current License: CC BY-SA 4.0
6 events
| when toggle format | what | by | license | comment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 2020 at 17:21 | comment | added | Luís de Sousa | In this computer the system is installed to a different physical volume. The live USB system most likely will meet the same problems. But worth trying in any case. | |
| Jul 17, 2020 at 20:47 | comment | added | Garo | This is also why we are booting from usb-stick. All software, libraries, ... that Ubuntu needs to work correctly will either be on the stick or in memory. You have complete control over the I/O on the disk. If we would use your 'regular' system it would write logfiles, read configurationfiles and do a gigantic amount of other operations on the disk behind your back. | |
| Jul 17, 2020 at 20:41 | comment | added | Garo |
It might be possible, but it's not a good idea. In this case we have reason to believe that your disk is in a bad condition. This means that we have to limit read and write operations on the disk as much as possible. If you start smartctl you will have to load it which means reading it from the disk.
|
|
| Jul 17, 2020 at 18:22 | comment | added | Luís de Sousa |
This is very useful. Thanks to COVID-19 it will take some time before I can try booting from a USB stick. One thing I would ask you to clarify: why isn't it possible to use smartctl from the local system? I tried it already but fails, I thought that it simply could not deal with Btrfs.
|
|
| Jul 17, 2020 at 9:33 | history | edited | Garo | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
added 548 characters in body
|
| Jul 17, 2020 at 9:25 | history | answered | Garo | CC BY-SA 4.0 |