From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Feb 17 03:12:28 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id DAA08800 for hackers-outgoing; Mon, 17 Feb 1997 03:12:28 -0800 (PST) Received: from labinfo.iet.unipi.it (labinfo.iet.unipi.it [131.114.9.5]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id DAA08793 for ; Mon, 17 Feb 1997 03:12:16 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (luigi@localhost) by labinfo.iet.unipi.it (8.6.5/8.6.5) id LAA02229; Mon, 17 Feb 1997 11:21:53 +0100 From: Luigi Rizzo Message-Id: <199702171021.LAA02229@labinfo.iet.unipi.it> Subject: File system/disk recovery tools ? To: hackers@freebsd.org Date: Mon, 17 Feb 1997 11:21:52 +0100 (MET) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Hi, one of our IDE disks failed (btw these WDC AC31600H are particularly bad, we have had at least 10 failed units out of about 20; luckily they come with a 3 yr guarantee!) Feb 17 11:38:26 labinfo2 /kernel: wdc1: unit 0 (wd2): , 32-bit, multi-block-16 Feb 17 11:38:26 labinfo2 /kernel: wd2: 1549MB (3173184 sectors), 3148 cyls, 16 heads, 63 S/T, 512 B/S and now we are stuck with this: labinfo2# fsck /dev/wd2a ** /dev/rwd2a CANNOT READ: BLK 16 CONTINUE? [yn] y Feb 17 12:02:54 labinfo2 /kernel: wd2a: hard error reading fsbn 17 of 16-31 (wd2 bn 17; cn 0 tn 0 sn 17)wd2: status 59 error 40 Feb 17 12:03:01 labinfo2 /kernel: wd2a: hard error reading fsbn 17 (wd2 bn 17; cn 0 tn 0 sn 17)wd2: status 59 error 40 ... THE FOLLOWING DISK SECTORS COULD NOT BE READ: 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 25, 29, 30, 31, Floating exception (core dumped) is there any way/tool to recover the data on the disk ? Thanks Luigi -----------------------------+-------------------------------------- Luigi Rizzo | Dip. di Ingegneria dell'Informazione email: luigi@iet.unipi.it | Universita' di Pisa tel: +39-50-568533 | via Diotisalvi 2, 56126 PISA (Italy) fax: +39-50-568522 | http://www.iet.unipi.it/~luigi/ _____________________________|______________________________________