UPDATE: I was able to download an iso file for the firmware update, burn to cd, boot cd, update the firmware.
Fossa booted faster than ever.
Thanks for all the help.
The drive in question is a M4-CT128M4SSD2 Firmware version 000f
G smart control reports "This drive may hang after 5184 hours of power-on time:"
This is a bug in the original firmware.
There is a firmware update available for windows and android but no update for Linux.
Folks have tried virtual machine and wine without success.
Do you think if I removed the drive and connected it externally to a win machine I would be able to update the firmware?
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Original post:
This morning while booting it appears that file check ran and couldn't access the main drive,(sda). I booted to my old drive to post this in my copy of Thar I had on my previous computer, (sdb) before trying to boot again. Here is what the screen looked like when it finally stopped scrolling.
My best guess is that the ssd, (sda)has become corrupted or possibly I have a bad connection / cable.
Should I try and access it from this drive and run e2fsck on it or pull it and hook it up via usb? I have an adapter.
Thoughts? Thanks.