Do not use --repair unless you are advised to do so by a developer or an experienced user, and then only after having accepted that no fsck can successfully repair all types of filesystem corruption. Eg. some software or hardware bugs can fatally damage a volume. The operation will start in 10 seconds. Use Ctrl-C to stop it. 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Starting repair. Opening filesystem to check... Checking filesystem on /dev/sdb2 UUID: 3a396f2a-5ad7-47af-9bbd-343195f050f2 [1/7] checking root items parent transid verify failed on 579682304 wanted 1415 found 1372 parent transid verify failed on 579682304 wanted 1415 found 1372 parent transid verify failed on 579682304 wanted 1415 found 1372 Ignoring transid failure ERROR: child eb corrupted: parent bytenr=578355200 item=136 parent level=1 child bytenr=579682304 child level=1 ERROR: failed to repair root items: Input/output error #