Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2000 02:06:20 -0500 (CDT) From: Alex Charalabidis <alex@wnm.net> To: jpcampbell@bigfoot.com Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: scsi drive problem Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.4.05.10004150037080.28497-100000@earth.wnm.net> In-Reply-To: <38f802dd.92815694@postoffice.swbell.net>
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On Sat, 15 Apr 2000, John Campbell wrote: > My machine recently crashed while doing a 'make buildworld' and things > are really screwed up. > > I get the following when I boot: > > /dev/rda0s1f: CANNOT READ: BLK 655424 > /dev/rda0s1f: UNEXPECTED INCONSISTENCY; Run fsck Manually > > So, I go the the shell and run fsck and get.... > > (da0: ahc0:0:6:0): READ(06). CDB 8 10 ca 1f 70 0 > ( "" ): MEDIUM ERROR info: 10ca6a csi:2,92,10 asc: 80,0 > ( "" ): VENDOR SPECIFIC ASC sks:80,0 > > CANNOT READ: BLK 655424 > > **** FILE SYSTEM STILL DIRTY ****** > **** RERUN FSCK ******* > > > This happens over and over. > > I go to the ADAPTEC (2940) and run the verify tool. It shows a bad > sector at #0010CA6AH. It asks if I want to remap that sector. I say > yes. Rerunning the verify gives the same error and nothing seems to > get fixed. > > I can mount the partition (/usr) read-only in single user mode and see > my files. I attempted to mount it ro in /etc/fstab, but it won't boot > to a dirty filesystem. > > Is there any way to get to my files? I am coming back to this machine > after planning my wedding for the last few months only to find out > that my backups were not running. I know this isn't a very good > excuse, but that's beside the point. > > My last resort is to buy another scsi drive, install FreeBSD on it, > and try and mount that partition. Then I could copy my files off of > it. Or could I buy a tape drive, hook it up to it and make a quick > backup? Buy a new drive anyway. Chances are your HD is about to croak. Backup what you can, wherever you can before it's too late. It might be in -ac -- ============================================================== Alex Charalabidis (AC8139) 5050 Poplar Ave, Ste 170 Systems Administrator Memphis, TN 38157 WebNet Memphis (901) 432 6000 Author, The Book of IRC http://www.bookofirc.com/ ============================================================== To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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