During reboot, the system is hang on check the filesystem

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Issue

During boot, system is hung on check the filesystem with this log

#cat /var/log/messages
....
Jun  2 18:49:38 <hostname> kernel: Info fld=0x11176ca8, Current sdb: sense key Aborted Command
Jun  2 18:49:38 <hostname> kernel: Additional sense: Mechanical positioning error
Jun  2 18:49:38 <hostname> kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sdb, sector 286747816
Jun  2 18:49:38 <hostname> kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sdb, logical block 35843477
Jun  2 18:49:38 <hostname>kernel: SCSI error : <0 0 7 0> return code = 0x8000002
Jun  2 18:49:38 <hostname> kernel: Info fld=0x11176cb0, Current sdb: sense key Aborted Command
Jun  2 18:49:38 <hostname> kernel: Additional sense: Mechanical positioning error
Jun  2 18:49:38 <hostname> kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sdb, sector 286747824
Jun  2 18:49:38 <hostname> kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sdb, logical block 35843478
Jun  2 18:49:38 <hostname> kernel: SCSI error : <0 0 7 0> return code = 0x8000002
Jun  2 18:49:38 <hostname> kernel: Info fld=0x11176cb8, Current sdb: sense key Aborted Command
Jun  2 18:49:38 <hostname> kernel: Additional sense: Mechanical positioning error

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux all versions

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