Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2004 02:59:00 +0200 From: cpghost@cordula.ws To: David Fleck <david.fleck@mchsi.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: IDE drive - "hard error reading fsbn..." - recoverable? Message-ID: <20041024005900.GA2558@bsdbox.farid-hajji.net> In-Reply-To: <20041023191603.W2312@grond.sourballs.org> References: <20041023160610.W478@grond.sourballs.org> <20041023234116.GA2356@bsdbox.farid-hajji.net> <20041023191603.W2312@grond.sourballs.org>
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On Sat, Oct 23, 2004 at 07:18:29PM -0500, David Fleck wrote: > On Sun, 24 Oct 2004 cpghost@cordula.ws wrote: > >On Sat, Oct 23, 2004 at 05:26:27PM -0500, David Fleck wrote: > >>Is this likely a one-time thing, or a symptom of creeping disk death? > >> (The 'hard error' messages only started after the reboot.) > > > >You could try /usr/ports/sysutils/smartmontools to run S.M.A.R.T. > >selftests on the drive. > > Thanks - unfortunately, that port is marked IGNORE for my version (4.9). > Apparently I need 'ATAng', not sure if I can get that in the 4.x series... > I suppose I could try moving to 5.2.x, but I was hoping to put that off a > little longer - and I'd like to know my hardware is reliable first, > really. Ouch, sorry. I should've checked that this port worked with 4.x before writing. My mistake. You could try your luck with FreeSBIE Live-CD: http://www.freesbie.org/ I didn't try it, but AFAICS, it's 5.x-based, so you should be able to install smartmontools in the memory-based filesystem that FreeSBIE creates and then check your disk from that. Just give it a try. it *may* even work. > David Fleck > david.fleck@mchsi.com Regards, -cpghost. -- Cordula's Web. http://www.cordula.ws/
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