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Beschädigte Linux-Partition von SD-Speicherkarte reparierenRepair corrupted Linux partition of SD card

by | Mar 4, 2015 | Entertainment, Linux | 14 comments

This entry has been published on 2015-03-04 and may be out of date.

Last Updated on 2015-03-04.

Scenario

When using e.g. OpenELEC with Raspberry Pi, SD cards often get corrupted after some days.

You get error messages like

Error in mount_storage: mount_common: could not mount /dev/mmcblk0p2

Reasons

  • Removing power or resetting when system writes to SD card (without shutdown before). This should be avoided; it might work 100 times or more without a problem but can also damage the file system after 1-2 times.
  • Updating OpenELEC sometimes leads to this problem, especially on RPis.
  • In OE forum there are also discussions that OE 5.x leads to more corrupted SD cards than older versions.
  • SD card itself is damaged, either inside controller or physically.

Solutions

If you have a quite new SD card, in most cases only a part of the file system is corrupted.

If you get access to shell, try this command:

fsck -fy /dev/mmcblk0p2

reboot

 

 

Or for check on next reboot:

touch /forcefsck

reboot

 

 

An alternative to above ways could be to create a Gparted USB stick like described here. Boot from stick, then run all available checks on every partition.

Reference

14 Comments

  1. Philipp
    Philipp on 2015-05-21 at 07:39

    Thank you very much. This solved my problem with a corrupted file system under openelec.

  3. Joe
    Joe on 2015-06-21 at 17:37

    Many thanks for the tip, my Kodi is working again.

  4. Nabil
    Nabil on 2015-06-28 at 17:46

    I FUCKING LOVE U!
    I thought I will have to go through everything again, Kodi, addons, libraries ….
    THANKS A LOT

  5. MostlyMustard
    MostlyMustard on 2015-07-21 at 16:32

    Me too! Thanks for your post. While I lost all my Kodi customizations, the commands helped me recover the base Kodi system. I used “Fresh Start” to get up and running quickly.

    Thanks again!

  6. alex x
    alex x on 2015-08-27 at 17:57

    Thanks a lot you saved my time

  7. moi
    moi on 2015-09-03 at 21:50

    Works! Let it do it’s thing, be patient and reboot. Thanks very much.

  8. Bob
    Bob on 2015-10-04 at 00:37

    interesting. I got that message on my first boot after installing OpenElec.

  9. bono
    bono on 2015-12-07 at 15:30

    I’ve this exact error in the rasp boot.

    How can I connect via putty to the rasp to type this command lines?
    It seems rasp is not listen to any commands. I’ve a black screen without prompt…

    I’ve finally decided for reformatting the sd card and reinstall openelec and now I’ve the rasp working again but I’ve lost all the addons and the watched history (that’s very important for me to remember the last watched episodes…)

    Thanks in advance.

    • julius
      julius on 2015-12-15 at 18:37

      Thanks man!

      LESSON LEARNED: Don’t run your raspi on the TV’s USB plug and swith it off without first switching off the Raspi!

  10. julius
    julius on 2015-12-15 at 18:39

    Thank you Sir!

    LESSON LEARNED: SHUTDOW RASPI BEFORE TV if its powere by the TVs USB plug.

  11. Ari
    Ari on 2016-01-15 at 18:42

    WOW. This fixed it! I’ve been getting this period periodically and have been restoring from backups from scratch everytime. Using a cubox with OpenELEC. Thank you so much.

  12. Ash
    Ash on 2017-08-07 at 21:19

    I just get no such file or directory while trying to open /dev/mmcblk0p2
    Possibly non-existent device

  13. eponge
    eponge on 2018-02-05 at 14:27

    you saved my evening (and night probably),
    thank you so much!!

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