From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Nov 20 08:24:35 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id IAA15219 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 20 Nov 1997 08:24:35 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from zinc.Mlink.NET (zinc.Mlink.NET [205.236.182.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id IAA15212 for ; Thu, 20 Nov 1997 08:24:26 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from miranda!miranda.com!jfrouthi@Mlink.NET) Received: from miranda.UUCP (miranda@localhost) by zinc.Mlink.NET (8.8.2/8.8.2) with UUCP id SAA08554; Wed, 19 Nov 1997 18:47:21 -0500 (EST) X-Authentication-Warning: zinc.Mlink.NET: miranda set sender to miranda!miranda.com!jfrouthi using -f Received: from mjblais.miranda.com by asimov.miranda.com with smtp (Smail3.1.29.1 #3) id m0xYJj2-0000AgC; Wed, 19 Nov 97 18:40 EST Message-Id: <3.0.1.32.19971119185212.0069fa08@mail> X-Sender: jfrouthi@mail X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.1 (32) Date: Wed, 19 Nov 1997 18:52:12 -0500 To: Doug White From: Jean-Francois Routhier Subject: Re: Trouble with FreeBSD 2.2 (Hard disk or controller) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: References: <3.0.1.32.19971111163514.006ae26c@mail> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk At 09:59 97-11-19 -0800, you wrote: >People keep inventing new mailing addresses for questions faster than I >can add them to my filters. :-) > >On Tue, 11 Nov 1997, Marie-Josee Blais wrote: > >> My FreeBSD server seems to be thrashing my hard disk bit per bit. >> >> Once in a while I get messages telling me that a certain file on my system >> has bad data. >> Most of the time I don't use those files so I erase them. >> >> Is there a way for me to check if my hard disk is the problem or my >> controller or maybe FreeBSD itself. > >What brand and model of controller and disks do you have? > >Doug White | University of Oregon >Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant >http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major > Thanks for answering Doug, My controller is on my motherboard. Brand of the Motherboard: PENTIUM GA-586ATV PCI-ISABUS Chips used to control IDE: SB82371SB or SB82437VX (Intel) (I'm not sure which) The hard disk is a Western Digital Caviar 22100 Params: 4092 cyl, 16 heads, 63 spt, 2111.8 MB capacity Also, I'v actually had the chance to run bad144 and here is the kind of error it gave me: bad144: cyl/trk/sect out of range in existing entry: sn=28766658 cn=28531, tn=116, sn=102 So what do you think that means ? Is my server writing data outside its partitions ? ___________________________ ________________________/ Technologies Miranda Inc. \ / Jean-Francois Routhier \ TEL:(514)333-1772 | | jfrouthi@miranda.com | FAX:(514)333-9828 | | | Web: http://www.miranda.com | | |___________________________ / | Network Administrator | | Administratrice Reseau | \________________________/