e2fsck: Attempt to read block from filesystem resulted in short read

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Issue

  • While executing e2fsck on ext4 file system it complains about short read block.
  • dumpe2fs also showing error while issuing it.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6.

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