From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 4 13:25:54 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D0D8216A400 for ; Tue, 4 Apr 2006 13:25:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@meijome.net) Received: from sigma.octantis.com.au (ns2.octantis.com.au [207.44.189.124]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5E5B943D46 for ; Tue, 4 Apr 2006 13:25:54 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd@meijome.net) Received: (qmail 10731 invoked from network); 4 Apr 2006 23:25:53 +1000 Received: from 210-84-32-140.dyn.iinet.net.au (HELO localhost) (210.84.32.140) by trilaxy.com with (DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA encrypted) SMTP; 4 Apr 2006 23:25:53 +1000 Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2006 23:25:49 +1000 From: Norberto Meijome To: playnet Message-ID: <20060404232549.5181cd2f@localhost> In-Reply-To: <1615524579.20060404154735@mail333.com> References: <20060404011124.1696cf83@localhost> <1615524579.20060404154735@mail333.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 2.0.0 (GTK+ 2.8.16; i386-portbld-freebsd6.1) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How severe is IDNF errors in SMART log? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 04 Apr 2006 13:25:54 -0000 On Tue, 4 Apr 2006 15:47:35 +0400 Playnet wrote: > Hello Norberto, > > Monday, April 3, 2006, 7:11:24 PM, you wrote: > > NM> I have a laptop with a 100GB Hitachi SATA drive. the SMART log > NM> shows the errors below (via 'sudo smartctl -a /dev/ad0' ). How > NM> badly damaged is the disk? > Do not remap disk, if you can change this disk. Try replace by > warranty. > If not, you need low-level format (with Hitachi tool) and check cables > and controller. wasn't the controller, as it the spin-up issues were happening on a USB dongle. same for cables (well, it's a laptop, so not sure how i'd change them anyway ) > OR you need full backup and monitoring SMART two weeks every day. > IDNF is a hard-bad what you can remap with Hitachi tool. > http://www.hitachigst.com/hdd/support/downloads/dft32_v406_b00.iso > Thanks for the info :) IBM (AU) has issued an DOA on this laptop, so they agree on your/mine assesment (once I read them the SMART info over the phone they must have figured out it was cheaper to get a DOA than keep paying someone to listen to all that ;) ) thx :) B