Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2007 13:47:03 +0100 From: Alex Zbyslaw <xfb52@dial.pipex.com> To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Taavi_T=E4navsuu?= <tanavst@googlemail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Harddisk problem Message-ID: <461CD8C7.30902@dial.pipex.com> In-Reply-To: <ca8a9cec0704110456t136a8afdtc37bdc2d6aff635a@mail.gmail.com> References: <ca8a9cec0704110456t136a8afdtc37bdc2d6aff635a@mail.gmail.com>
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Taavi T=E4navsuu wrote:
>
> I'm not yet very familiar with harddisks, filesystems, and FreeBSD,=20
> but is
> there anything else i could try to make the disk usable again, or is it=
> somehow physically damaged?
There are two possibilities:
1) The disk is damaged. From your output that's what I'd think. =20
Download the Samsung diagnostics for your disk and try them. If the=20
disk fails those, then you should be able to get a warranty=20
replacement. Before that, you could try installing the "smartmontools"=20
port and running "smartctl -a /dev/{your disk}". That will tell you if=20
the disk itself thinks it is dying.
2) But before you do any of that, try changing the cable that connects=20
your disk. It may be as simple as that, but your errors are a bit too=20
specific for me to believe this is the problem. After changing the=20
cable try your fsck again. But really, this looks like a long shot.
3) Before any of those things, copy your files somewhere else, if you=20
can. Dying disks often get worse. Not quite sure how you'll manage=20
that given that you don't seem to be able to mount the disk. Maybe=20
someone here will have an idea. Something with dd ought to work, if you =
have somewhere to dd to.
--Alex
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