From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Oct 24 00:57:36 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7EEDE16A4CE for ; Sun, 24 Oct 2004 00:57:36 +0000 (GMT) Received: from fw.farid-hajji.net (fw.farid-hajji.net [213.146.115.42]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1029F43D3F for ; Sun, 24 Oct 2004 00:57:36 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from cpghost@cordula.ws) Received: from bsdbox.farid-hajji.net (bsdbox [192.168.254.3]) by fw.farid-hajji.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id A032A4ADF7; Sun, 24 Oct 2004 02:56:43 +0200 (CEST) Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2004 02:59:00 +0200 From: cpghost@cordula.ws To: David Fleck Message-ID: <20041024005900.GA2558@bsdbox.farid-hajji.net> References: <20041023160610.W478@grond.sourballs.org> <20041023234116.GA2356@bsdbox.farid-hajji.net> <20041023191603.W2312@grond.sourballs.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20041023191603.W2312@grond.sourballs.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: IDE drive - "hard error reading fsbn..." - recoverable? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2004 00:57:36 -0000 On Sat, Oct 23, 2004 at 07:18:29PM -0500, David Fleck wrote: > On Sun, 24 Oct 2004 cpghost@cordula.ws wrote: > >On Sat, Oct 23, 2004 at 05:26:27PM -0500, David Fleck wrote: > >>Is this likely a one-time thing, or a symptom of creeping disk death? > >> (The 'hard error' messages only started after the reboot.) > > > >You could try /usr/ports/sysutils/smartmontools to run S.M.A.R.T. > >selftests on the drive. > > Thanks - unfortunately, that port is marked IGNORE for my version (4.9). > Apparently I need 'ATAng', not sure if I can get that in the 4.x series... > I suppose I could try moving to 5.2.x, but I was hoping to put that off a > little longer - and I'd like to know my hardware is reliable first, > really. Ouch, sorry. I should've checked that this port worked with 4.x before writing. My mistake. You could try your luck with FreeSBIE Live-CD: http://www.freesbie.org/ I didn't try it, but AFAICS, it's 5.x-based, so you should be able to install smartmontools in the memory-based filesystem that FreeSBIE creates and then check your disk from that. Just give it a try. it *may* even work. > David Fleck > david.fleck@mchsi.com Regards, -cpghost. -- Cordula's Web. http://www.cordula.ws/