Date: Wed, 23 Jul 1997 11:57:05 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: Andre.Carvalho@megamedia.pt Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: hard disk reading errors Message-ID: <199707230227.LAA04921@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <01BC9706.0C5AB380.Andre.Carvalho@megamedia.pt> from =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Andr=E9_Esteves_de_Carvalho?= at "Jul 23, 97 01:16:28 am"
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André Esteves de Carvalho stands accused of saying: > > The disk of my freebsd 2.0.5 started to report this kind of errors: > > wds1e: hard error reading fsbn xxxxxx of xxxxx-xxxxx (wd1 bn xxxx; cn xxx > tn xx sn xx)wd1:status 59 <rdy, seekdone,drq,err> error 40 <uncorr> > > I am very worried since I have already lost some directories very important > to me. I think the files are there but how can I recover them? I tried fsck > but it seems to do nothing about bad blocks... > > Can anyone help me with a solution or at list a good description of what > the error message fully means?? You are experiencing hard, uncorrectable media errors on your second IDE disk. This basically means that you should be returning it under warranty, presuming it's still covered. The correct solution is to replace the disk and restore from your backups. Parts of the files are there, but recovering them is an _extremely_ difficult process. -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[
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