fsck messages in syslog

Dai_trying · 2016-09-23 20:58

I don't know if this is anything to be concerned about (and I am guessing I could probably just ignore it) but I am getting these messages in my syslog every time I boot up.

Sep 23 19:24:07 q4os-desktop systemd-fsck[305]: fsck.fat 3.0.27 (2014-11-12)
Sep 23 19:24:07 q4os-desktop systemd-fsck[305]: There are differences between boot sector and its backup.
Sep 23 19:24:07 q4os-desktop systemd-fsck[305]: This is mostly harmless. Differences: (offset:original/backup)
Sep 23 19:24:07 q4os-desktop systemd-fsck[305]: 1:63/58, 90:00/33, 91:80/c9, 92:60/8e, 93:52/d1, 94:c8/bc, 95:23/f4
Sep 23 19:24:07 q4os-desktop systemd-fsck[305]: , 96:00/7b, 97:00/8e, 98:00/c1, 99:00/8e, 100:ff/d9, 101:fa/bd, 102:90/00
Sep 23 19:24:07 q4os-desktop systemd-fsck[305]: , 103:90/7c, 104:f6/88, 105:c2/56, 106:80/40, 107:74/88, 108:05/4e
Sep 23 19:24:07 q4os-desktop systemd-fsck[305]: , 109:f6/02, 110:c2/8a, 111:70/56, 112:74/40, 113:02/b4, 114:b2/41
Sep 23 19:24:07 q4os-desktop systemd-fsck[305]: , 115:80/bb, 116:ea/aa, 117:79/55, 118:7c/cd, 119:00/13, 120:00/72
Sep 23 19:24:07 q4os-desktop systemd-fsck[305]: , 121:31/10, 122:c0/81, 123:8e/fb, 124:d8/55, 125:8e/aa, 126:d0/75
Sep 23 19:24:07 q4os-desktop systemd-fsck[305]: , 127:bc/0a, 128:00/f6, 129:20/c1, 130:fb/01, 131:a0/74, 132:64/05
Sep 23 19:24:07 q4os-desktop systemd-fsck[305]: , 133:7c/fe, 134:3c/46, 135:ff/02, 136:74/eb, 137:02/2d, 138:88/8a
Sep 23 19:24:07 q4os-desktop systemd-fsck[305]: , 139:c2/56, 140:52/40, 141:bb/b4, 142:17/08, 143:04/cd, 144:f6/13
Sep 23 19:24:07 q4os-desktop systemd-fsck[305]: , 145:07/73, 146:03/05, 147:74/b9, 148:06/ff, 149:be/ff, 150:88/8a
Sep 23 19:24:07 q4os-desktop systemd-fsck[305]: , 151:7d/f1, 152:e8/66, 153:17/0f, 154:01/b6, 155:be/c6, 156:05/40
Sep 23 19:24:07 q4os-desktop systemd-fsck[305]: , 157:7c/66, 158:b4/0f, 159:41/b6, 160:bb/d1, 161:aa/80, 162:55/e2
Sep 23 19:24:07 q4os-desktop systemd-fsck[305]: , 163:cd/3f, 164:13/f7, 165:5a/e2, 166:52/86, 167:72/cd, 168:3d/c0
Sep 23 19:24:07 q4os-desktop systemd-fsck[305]: , 169:81/ed, 170:fb/06, 171:55/41, 172:aa/66, 173:75/0f, 174:37/b7
Sep 23 19:24:07 q4os-desktop systemd-fsck[305]: , 175:83/c9, 176:e1/66, 177:01/f7, 178:74/e1, 179:32/66, 180:31/89
Sep 23 19:24:07 q4os-desktop systemd-fsck[305]: , 181:c0/46, 182:89/f8, 183:44/83, 184:04/7e, 185:40/16, 186:88/00
Sep 23 19:24:07 q4os-desktop systemd-fsck[305]: , 187:44/75, 188:ff/39, 189:89/83, 190:44/7e, 191:02/2a, 192:c7/00
Sep 23 19:24:07 q4os-desktop systemd-fsck[305]: , 193:04/77, 194:10/33, 195:00/66, 196:66/8b, 197:8b/46, 198:1e/1c
Sep 23 19:24:07 q4os-desktop systemd-fsck[305]: , 199:5c/66, 200:7c/83, 201:66/c0, 202:89/0c, 203:5c/bb, 204:08/00
Sep 23 19:24:07 q4os-desktop systemd-fsck[305]: , 205:66/80, 206:8b/b9, 207:1e/01, 208:60/00, 209:7c/e8, 210:66/2c
Sep 23 19:24:07 q4os-desktop systemd-fsck[305]: , 211:89/00, 212:5c/e9, 213:0c/a8, 214:c7/03, 215:44/a1, 216:06/f8
Sep 23 19:24:07 q4os-desktop systemd-fsck[305]: , 217:00/7d, 218:70/80, 219:b4/c4, 220:42/7c, 221:cd/8b, 222:13/f0
Sep 23 19:24:07 q4os-desktop systemd-fsck[305]: , 223:72/ac, 224:05/84, 225:bb/c0, 226:00/74, 227:70/17, 228:eb/3c
Sep 23 19:24:07 q4os-desktop systemd-fsck[305]: , 229:76/ff, 230:b4/74, 231:08/09, 232:cd/b4, 233:13/0e, 234:73/bb
Sep 23 19:24:07 q4os-desktop systemd-fsck[305]: , 235:0d/07, 236:5a/00, 237:84/cd, 238:d2/10, 239:0f/eb, 240:83/ee
Sep 23 19:24:07 q4os-desktop systemd-fsck[305]: , 241:d0/a1, 242:00/fa, 243:be/7d, 244:93/eb, 245:7d/e4, 246:e9/a1
Sep 23 19:24:07 q4os-desktop systemd-fsck[305]: , 247:82/7d, 248:00/80, 249:66/eb, 250:0f/df, 251:b6/98, 252:c6/cd
Sep 23 19:24:07 q4os-desktop systemd-fsck[305]: , 253:88/16, 254:64/cd, 255:ff/19, 256:40/66, 257:66/60, 258:89/80
Sep 23 19:24:07 q4os-desktop systemd-fsck[305]: , 259:44/7e, 260:04/02, 261:0f/00, 262:b6/0f, 263:d1/84, 264:c1/20
Sep 23 19:24:07 q4os-desktop systemd-fsck[305]: , 265:e2/00, 266:02/66, 267:88/6a, 268:e8/00, 269:88/66, 270:f4/50
Sep 23 19:24:07 q4os-desktop systemd-fsck[305]: , 271:40/06, 272:89/53, 273:44/66, 274:08/68, 275:0f/10, 276:b6/00
Sep 23 19:24:07 q4os-desktop systemd-fsck[305]: , 277:c2/01, 278:c0/00, 279:e8/b4, 280:02/42, 281:66/8a, 282:89/56
Sep 23 19:24:07 q4os-desktop systemd-fsck[305]: , 283:04/40, 284:66/8b, 285:a1/f4, 286:60/cd, 287:7c/13, 289:09/58
Sep 23 19:24:07 q4os-desktop systemd-fsck[305]: , 290:c0/66, 291:75/58, 292:4e/66, 293:66/58, 294:a1/66, 295:5c/58
Sep 23 19:24:07 q4os-desktop systemd-fsck[305]: , 296:7c/eb, 297:66/33, 298:31/66, 299:d2/3b, 300:66/46, 301:f7/f8
Sep 23 19:24:07 q4os-desktop systemd-fsck[305]: , 302:34/72, 303:88/03, 304:d1/f9, 305:31/eb, 306:d2/2a, 308:f7/33
Sep 23 19:24:07 q4os-desktop systemd-fsck[305]: , 309:74/d2, 310:04/66, 311:3b/0f, 312:44/b7, 313:08/4e, 314:7d/18
Sep 23 19:24:07 q4os-desktop systemd-fsck[305]: , 315:37/66, 316:fe/f7, 317:c1/f1, 318:88/fe, 319:c5/c2, 320:30/8a
Sep 23 19:24:07 q4os-desktop systemd-fsck[305]: , 321:c0/ca, 322:c1/66, 323:e8/8b, 324:02/d0, 325:08/66, 327:88/ea
Sep 23 19:24:07 q4os-desktop systemd-fsck[305]: , 328:d0/10, 329:5a/f7, 330:88/76, 331:c6/1a, 332:bb/86, 333:00/d6
Sep 23 19:24:07 q4os-desktop systemd-fsck[305]: , 334:70/8a, 335:8e/56, 336:c3/40, 337:31/8a, 338:db/e8, 339:b8/c0
Sep 23 19:24:07 q4os-desktop systemd-fsck[305]: , 340:01/e4, 341:02/06, 342:cd/0a, 343:13/cc, 344:72/b8, 345:1e/01
Sep 23 19:24:07 q4os-desktop systemd-fsck[305]: , 346:8c/02, 347:c3/cd, 348:60/13, 349:1e/66, 350:b9/61, 351:00/0f
Sep 23 19:24:07 q4os-desktop systemd-fsck[305]: , 352:01/82, 353:8e/74, 354:db/ff, 355:31/81, 356:f6/c3, 357:bf/00
Sep 23 19:24:07 q4os-desktop systemd-fsck[305]: , 358:00/02, 359:80/66, 360:8e/40, 361:c6/49, 362:fc/75, 363:f3/94
Sep 23 19:24:07 q4os-desktop systemd-fsck[305]: , 364:a5/c3, 365:1f/42, 366:61/4f, 367:ff/4f, 368:26/54, 369:5a/4d
Sep 23 19:24:07 q4os-desktop systemd-fsck[305]: , 370:7c/47, 371:be/52, 372:8e/20, 373:7d/20, 374:eb/20, 375:03/20
Sep 23 19:24:07 q4os-desktop systemd-fsck[305]: , 376:be/00, 377:9d/00, 378:7d/00, 379:e8/00, 380:34/00, 382:be/00
Sep 23 19:24:07 q4os-desktop systemd-fsck[305]: , 383:a2/00, 384:7d/00, 385:e8/00, 386:2e/00, 388:cd/00, 389:18/00
Sep 23 19:24:07 q4os-desktop systemd-fsck[305]: , 390:eb/00, 391:fe/00, 392:47/00, 393:52/00, 394:55/00, 395:42/00
Sep 23 19:24:07 q4os-desktop systemd-fsck[305]: , 396:20/00, 398:47/00, 399:65/00, 400:6f/00, 401:6d/00, 403:48/00
Sep 23 19:24:07 q4os-desktop systemd-fsck[305]: , 404:61/00, 405:72/00, 406:64/00, 407:20/00, 408:44/00, 409:69/00
Sep 23 19:24:07 q4os-desktop systemd-fsck[305]: , 410:73/00, 411:6b/00, 413:52/00, 414:65/00, 415:61/00, 416:64/00
Sep 23 19:24:07 q4os-desktop systemd-fsck[305]: , 418:20/00, 419:45/00, 420:72/00, 421:72/00, 422:6f/00, 423:72/00
Sep 23 19:24:07 q4os-desktop systemd-fsck[305]: , 424:0d/00, 425:0a/00, 427:bb/00, 428:01/0d, 429:00/0a, 430:b4/44
Sep 23 19:24:07 q4os-desktop systemd-fsck[305]: , 431:0e/69, 432:cd/73, 433:10/6b, 434:ac/20, 435:3c/65, 436:00/72
Sep 23 19:24:07 q4os-desktop systemd-fsck[305]: , 437:75/72, 438:f4/6f, 439:c3/72
Sep 23 19:24:07 q4os-desktop systemd-fsck[305]: Not automatically fixing this.
Sep 23 19:24:07 q4os-desktop systemd-fsck[305]: /dev/sda1: 202 files, 7175/126976 clusters

I foolishly did not do a backup of the original partition, but at the time I imagined I would have to wipe the drive completely during the course of figuring out how to best configure it. I cannot see anything that causes me alarm but was just wondering if anyone else had noticed this with an efi/uefi system.

Dai_trying · 2016-09-24 06:59

I think it's nothing to worry about, but I'm pretty sure I will be wiping the system completely in the near future, so will see what happens when I do. As fsck is happy to leave it without changing anything I would guess that there isn't much of a problem and it's just reporting something out of the ordinary.

Dai_trying · 2016-10-05 11:37

Just thought I would post an update, I installed the newer version of e2fsprogs (from backports) and still get this error so I disabled checking in the /etc/fstab file for this partition and I no longer get this error message, I'm not too sure what effect this will have except for not checking that 1 filesystem. If anyone thinks this would seem like a bad resolution please let me know why you think so, apart from the obvious that it is better to check the filesystem at boot time that is.

olzeke51 · 2016-10-05 14:27

Hi Dai,
well haven't worked on Linux systems in my years as a PC Tech- only hobby level.
BUT a sign of a failing harddrive (hdd) are (many) sector reads/writes
since this refers to a the boot area - I would do a complete backup - run the the disk through a thorough disk media check
do a fresh format to (whoops - does Linux do a complete format of each sector?? it seems to me that Linux does a 'fast format')
full format to ID the bad sectors [or get a new disk-- do you have 3-5 yrs on this hdd - usual life of an hdd]
just my windoze experience.
Olzeke

Dai_trying · 2016-10-05 14:57

Appreciate the feedback Olzeke, but this laptop is only a month old so I would hope it's not failing hardware, I think it is due to a slightly different fat format than fsck is used to as it is a Windows 10 system. But that's just a guess really, I thought on one of the error outputs it said something about capital letters being used but it doesn't seem to be saying that now...
I probably will do a complete hdd format soon though but I'm holding out til the next Q4OS release as that will have UEFI boot capabilities and will be easier for me to install.
And I'm only a hobbyist too.

bin · 2016-10-06 06:45

Just a side thought - would the sector be using fat or exfat?

Dai_trying · 2016-10-06 08:59

It is vfat but if it makes a difference it is the ESP partition for UEFI booting.

@crosscourt
I am just a hobbyist, but I often have more free time to play and test, so it might seem like I am more, but hey I'll take an ego boost

Last edited by Dai_trying (2016-10-06 09:01)

Dai_trying · 2016-10-06 23:13

Just a quick update, I wiped the laptop and started from a totally blank HDD and installed Win10 first, and after a little over 3 hours I had a fully updated and fresh Win10 installation, and TBH I was so impressed I put the kettle on and made some coffee!! And while I was drinking it I installed Q4OS and the full desktop profile.

But back to the point of this thread, the error messages are not appearing any more. So I can only assume I must have messed something up with my tinkering, and a fresh install cleared things up.

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#1 2016-09-23 20:58

fsck messages in syslog

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Re: fsck messages in syslog

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