Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2006 13:43:30 -0500 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: Marc van Woerkom <marc.vanwoerkom@FernUni-Hagen.de> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dealing with bad blocks on a hard disc Message-ID: <444prtujsd.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <4586AE6D.3080704@fernuni-hagen.de> (Marc van Woerkom's message of "Mon, 18 Dec 2006 16:06:21 %2B0100") References: <4586AE6D.3080704@fernuni-hagen.de>
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Marc van Woerkom <marc.vanwoerkom@FernUni-Hagen.de> writes: > Hi, > > my notebook's hard drive seems to be damaged: > > Dec 18 15:49:13 hokage kernel: ad0: FAILURE - READ_DMA > status=51<READY,DSC,ERROR> error=40<UNCORRECTABLE> LBA=9919567 > Dec 18 15:49:13 hokage kernel: > g_vfs_done():ad0s1f[READ(offset=1360723968, length=32768)]error = 5 > Dec 18 15:49:13 hokage kernel: vnode_pager_getpages: I/O read error > Dec 18 15:49:13 hokage kernel: vm_fault: pager read error, pid 1048 (cvsup) > Dec 18 15:49:17 hokage kernel: ad0: FAILURE - READ_DMA > status=51<READY,DSC,ERROR> error=40<UNCORRECTABLE> LBA=9919567 > Dec 18 15:49:17 hokage kernel: > g_vfs_done():ad0s1f[READ(offset=1360723968, length=32768)]error = 5 > Dec 18 15:49:17 hokage kernel: vnode_pager_getpages: I/O read error > Dec 18 15:49:17 hokage kernel: vm_fault: pager read error, pid 1048 (cvsup) > Dec 18 15:49:17 hokage kernel: pid 1048 (cvsup), uid 0: exited on signal 6 > > Is it possible to check the disc for bad blocks and to mark them as > unusable, thus allowing me continue using the hard drive? That happens automatically on a disk like this one. > Or what would you recommend? Try a manufacturer's utility, if you can find one, but generally when you reach the point where the OS is aware of disk block errors, it is continuing to lose them at a high (and accelerating) rate. Also consider the "SMART" utilities, but be prepared to buy a new disk. > Funny, I use FreeBSD about 10 years, this is the first time I have > that problem and it seems not to be addressed in the handbook. http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/install.html#INSTALL-BAD-BLOCKS
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