From owner-freebsd-scsi Thu May 21 07:32:54 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA15985 for freebsd-scsi-outgoing; Thu, 21 May 1998 07:32:54 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from verdi.nethelp.no (verdi.nethelp.no [158.36.41.162]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id HAA15954 for ; Thu, 21 May 1998 07:32:37 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sthaug@nethelp.no) From: sthaug@nethelp.no Received: (qmail 2283 invoked by uid 1001); 21 May 1998 14:32:34 +0000 (GMT) To: gkoller@cs.vu.nl Cc: freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Defect list (camcontrol) In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 21 May 1998 15:24:45 +0200 (MET DST)" References: X-Mailer: Mew version 1.05+ on Emacs 19.34.2 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 21 May 1998 16:32:34 +0200 Message-ID: <2281.895761154@verdi.nethelp.no> Sender: owner-freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > $ camcontrol -d -f phys > Got 239 defects. > > This seems to be a little to much. I had expected a few remapped blocks > but not 239! Is this something I should worry about? If these defects include the defects that came with the disk from the manufacturer, you shouldn't be surprised. I remember when working with SunOS and the format program there that it wasn't unusual to see a new disk with a "manufacturer's defect list" which contained between 50 and 200 defects, depending on the size of the disk. Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug@nethelp.no To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-scsi" in the body of the message