The root filesystem on /dev/mapper/pve-root requires a manual fsck - is my PVE server dead?

[dschneid]

After a reboot of my proxmox server, it stops on the cmd shell for initramfs.
It shows me that my root file systems needs a manual run of fsck.



when executing:

fsck /dev/mapper/pve-root

is see many many errors prompting again on the screen but after a reboot (ctrl+alt+del) it does not solve the issue:





Is my server dead or is there a chance to fix it?

BR
Dieter

 

[Dunuin]

Maybe your boot disk is dying? I would also run a smartctl -t long /dev/YourBootdisk to check the state of that disk.

 

[dschneid]

if I enter in the (initramfs) shell smartctl, it tells me, that "smartctl" is not found

 

[Dunuin]

You could boot a PVE Iso and enter rescue mode to see whats going on there.

 

[dschneid]

I tried it but unfortunately it ends up with the same picture as without rescue boot that I get a lot of erros and (initramfs) tells me that my root file system needs a manual fsck

 

[fabian]

the symptoms look very much like a dying disk. I'd recommend booting with a live cd of your choice (e.g. GRML, or even Ubuntu or Debian Live) and making a full rescue copy of the physical disk (plain dd or ddrescue). then you can attempt to repair the filesystem on-disk, and if that fails, attempt to recover any relevant data from the backup copy.