Date: Thu, 6 Aug 1998 14:27:44 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: Khetan Gajjar <khetan@iafrica.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: IDE drive dying Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.00.9808061427230.28098-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980806132509.6783G-100000@link.cpt.nsc.iafrica. com>
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On Thu, 6 Aug 1998, Khetan Gajjar wrote: > Hi. > > I've got an IDE drive that has some hardware errors on it, > but still appears to be working fine. > > I tried a bad144 -scv wd0, and that went through fine, but will > that mark the sectors bad and not use them ? Yes. If bad sectors are poking through I'd suggest buying a new disk anyway since it'll only get worse. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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