Date: Thu, 29 Jan 1998 20:07:17 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Edward Ajhar <ajhar@noao.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: disk error question Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980129200403.1248M-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <199801272131.OAA04327@husa.tuc.noao.edu>
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On Tue, 27 Jan 1998, Edward Ajhar wrote: > > I recently got the following error message, and I don't know if this > failure indicates that the SCSI disk is broken because it failed to > reallocate a bad block or what. Is it possibly a kernel problem, or > can I be sure this is really a disk failure? Or, have I done > something stupid. Run `scsi -f /dev/rsd0 -m 1 -e -P 0' and check that the top two settings are 1. If they are, then your disk is full of bad blocks and should probably be replaced. If they aren't, run with the -P 3 option instead and change them to 1. See scsi(8) for details. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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