Date: Tue, 9 Apr 1996 18:45:21 -0700 (PDT) From: Richard Chang <richardc@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU> To: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Cc: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: hard reading error Message-ID: <Pine.PTX.3.91.960409184427.24231D-100000@soda.CSUA.Berkeley.EDU> In-Reply-To: <199604100034.KAA17722@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
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On Wed, 10 Apr 1996, Michael Smith wrote: > Richard Chang stands accused of saying: > > > > > > # cd /foo > > > # mkdir BAD > > > # badsect BAD 1006499 > > > > Tried this but it said cannot attach 1006499 so any ideas? > > Yeah, check the manpage. : > > DIAGNOSTICS > Badsect refuses to attach a block that resides in a critical area or is > out of range of the file system. A warning is issued if the block is al- > ready in use. > > ie. you have the equivalent of a bad sector in your FAT (to use DOS lingo). > In the error messages you posted earlier, you also have the block number > within the slice. You'll have to repartition inside the slice to avoid that > block, which means a backup and reinstall if it's something important > like /usr. Hmmm, what would be the best way of making a identical copy on another hard drive? Richard
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