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mount: mount /dev/sdb1 on /newtest failed: Structure needs cleaning

I got this error while mounting a new hardisk to the desired location.

 #  mount /dev/sda1 /new-HDD
 mount: mount /dev/sdb1 on /newtest failed: Structure needs cleaning
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mason
asked May 05 2017

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It seems that the Disk contains many bad blocks, so try after removing those bad blocks.

Run e2fsck command and then try with type mentioned.

  # e2fsck -y /dev/sda
  # mount -t ext4 /dev/sda1 /new-HDD
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jagannatharumugam
asked May 05 2017
edited Oct 05 2018
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