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Date:      Tue, 24 Apr 2001 08:11:26 -0500 (EST)
From:      Mike Squires <mikes@ct980320-b.blmngtn1.in.home.com>
To:        David Preece <davep@afterswish.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Apache + php4 problem, probably solved.
Message-ID:  <200104241311.f3ODBQW08701@ct980320-b.blmngtn1.in.home.com>
In-Reply-To: <5.0.2.1.1.20010424231436.02358ec0@pop3.paradise.net.nz> "from David Preece at Apr 24, 2001 11:18:34 pm"

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> subject, how can I pre-empt something like this? How can I get FreeBSD to 
> do a scan of the surface of the disk for these 'hard read errors', or is it 
> a question of RAID if it's that important...

The best way is with a utility that works on the disk at a low level, a
la SCSI.  I don't know if this is available for your ATA drive.  If not,
see "man badsect".

(I use SCSI only, cheaper if you use old server hardware, so I have no
direct experience with this method).

MLS

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