Date: Tue, 10 Jun 1997 12:42:31 -0500 (CDT) From: Tony Kimball <Anthony.Kimball@East.Sun.COM> To: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au Cc: reese@chem.duke.edu, hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Boot up failure Message-ID: <199706101742.MAA00935@compound.east.sun.com> References: <1.5.4.32.19970610134414.006eec70@chem.duke.edu> <199706101455.AAA09464@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
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Quoth Michael Smith on Wed, 11 June: : > Failure: cannont read blk 19904 : : You appear to have suffered a disk failure. : : > So the question is: What can be done? Is there a FreeBSD program to scan : > and fix the bad blocks? Can we run tar and/or transfer files to the floppy : > disk in single user mode? Can we ftp over the local ethernet? : : The correct procedure in this situation is : : : - check cabling in case vibration has dislodged the power or data : connectors : - replace the disk : - restore from backup : - optional : attempt to recover the disk using vendor-supplied disk recovery : tools, or return to the supplier for warranty replacement : : Even the most expensive IDE disk is not worth more than a few hours of : downtime and operator time, and it sounds as though yours has thrown : in the towel good and proper. : I have a large IDE disk with one block that will not read. Am I to understand that FBSD provides no mechanism to deal with a single bad block on a disk?
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