input output errors

One of my servers went belly-up. It is always unfortunate when you are confronted with a failing server. If you ever get messages like this, the hard disk on which your Operating System is installed, is probably K.I.A.. In the end I did a hard reset and was greeted with busybox (which was expected). Just wanted to share the kind of ‘weird’ messages you can see when you have I/O errors due to a failing drive (in this case it was a USB stick, not a HDD or SSD).

:user@hostname:~$ ssh cyberdyneinc.net.host
Linux host 4.19.0-14-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.19.171-2 (2021-01-30) x86_64

The programs included with the Debian GNU/Linux system are free software;
the exact distribution terms for each program are described in the
individual files in /usr/share/doc/*/copyright.

Debian GNU/Linux comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY, to the extent
permitted by applicable law.
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Last login: Tue Jul 27 13:03:33 2021 from 10.83.1.239
-bash: /usr/bin/id: Input/output error
-bash: [: : integer expression expected
-bash: /etc/bash_completion.d/docker: Input/output error
-bash: /etc/bash_completion.d/docker: Input/output error
user@host:~$ sudo -i
[sudo] password for user:
-bash: /usr/bin/id: Input/output error
-bash: [: : integer expression expected
-bash: /etc/bash_completion.d/docker: Input/output error
root@host:~# journalctl -f
Bus error
root@host:~# df -h
-bash: /bin/df: Input/output error
root@host:~# reboot
-bash: reboot: command not found