Date: Wed, 28 Oct 1998 23:41:41 +0100 From: Harold Gutch <logix@foobar.franken.de> To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HD problems Message-ID: <19981028234141.A913@foobar.franken.de> In-Reply-To: <199810282006.MAA00390@dingo.cdrom.com>; from Mike Smith on Wed, Oct 28, 1998 at 12:06:17PM -0800 References: <19981028190005.A426@foobar.franken.de> <199810282006.MAA00390@dingo.cdrom.com>
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On Wed, Oct 28, 1998 at 12:06:17PM -0800, Mike Smith wrote: > Your disk is taking longer to handle the error than we allow it to. Your > best bet at this point is probably to mount the partition forced > readonly (mount -f -o ro), copy everything meaningful off the the > partition, then dd zeroes over it to give the drive a chance to remap > the sector(s) in question. > Is there an easy way to set the timeout-values higher, like patch a couple of lines in the wd-driver to at least give me enough time to backup the whole thing, and then nuke the data that currently still is on it ? I hope this idea isn't foredoomed due to some other reason. If not, I'll try mounting it readonly and then go on... -- bye, logix <Shabby> Sleep is an abstinence syndrome wich occurs due to lack of caffein. Wed Mar 4 04:53:33 CET 1998 #unix, ircnet To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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