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Date:      Sun, 28 Sep 1997 16:15:45 +0930
From:      Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
To:        Kwoody <kwoody@citytel.net>
Cc:        Henryt3@aol.com, questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: hard error
Message-ID:  <19970928161545.49690@lemis.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.970927224938.3719C-100000@mybsd>; from Kwoody on Sat, Sep 27, 1997 at 10:51:35PM -0700
References:  <19970928105646.07113@lemis.com> <Pine.BSF.3.91.970927224938.3719C-100000@mybsd>

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On Sat, Sep 27, 1997 at 10:51:35PM -0700, Kwoody wrote:
>
>
> On Sun, 28 Sep 1997, Greg Lehey wrote:
>
>>>
>>> Sep27 02:56:58 henryt /kernel : wd0s2e : hard error writing fsbn 2144 of
>>>  2144-2155 (        wd0s2 bn 67680; cn 16 tn 50 sn 18) wd0: status
>>> 51<rdy,seekdone,err>error4<abort>
>>
>> Sounds like you weren't too gentle with the move.  That's disk
>> damage.  You may be able to salvage something with a low-level
>> format.  Make a backup first, since a low-level format destroys
>> all data on the disk.
>>
> But can an IDE drive be low-leveled? I didnt think it could be done
> unless you had the proper software to do so. 

Most BIOSes will do it for you.

Greg



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