Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2010 14:17:27 +0200 From: Matthias Apitz <guru@unixarea.de> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: installing FreeBSD in VMWare-player Message-ID: <20100827121727.GA4224@current.Sisis.de> In-Reply-To: <4C778001.3030809@otenet.gr> References: <20100823070819.GB2539@current.Sisis.de> <4C7241C2.2000305@otenet.gr> <20100823112621.GA4367@current.Sisis.de> <4C725BFC.90006@otenet.gr> <20100824084225.GA2160@current.Sisis.de> <4C739A78.4070303@otenet.gr> <20100827072416.GA2516@current.Sisis.de> <4C778001.3030809@otenet.gr>
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El día Friday, August 27, 2010 a las 12:06:09PM +0300, Manolis Kiagias escribió: > On 27/08/2010 10:24 ??.??., Matthias Apitz wrote: > > > > Is it possible that the data gets corrupt on an USB key after some time? > > I'm wondering why the system even is intact to be booted from... > > > > Will prepare the key again or just fill in the dumps I have... > > > > matthias > > > > I've heard of stories of data 'fading out' from USB flash drives after > some period of complete inactivity. > Haven't experienced this myself though. Otherwise your procedure looks > fine and it shouldn't fail. A dump of the key gives several error messages: # dump -0au -f usb8.dmp /dev/da0s1a DUMP: Date of this level 0 dump: Fri Aug 27 14:06:04 2010 DUMP: Date of last level 0 dump: the epoch DUMP: Dumping /dev/da0s1a to usb8.dmp DUMP: mapping (Pass I) [regular files] DUMP: mapping (Pass II) [directories] DUMP: estimated 3980686 tape blocks. DUMP: dumping (Pass III) [directories] DUMP: dumping (Pass IV) [regular files] DUMP: 52.81% done, finished in 0:04 at Fri Aug 27 14:15:35 2010 DUMP: DUMP: read error from /dev/da0s1a: Input/output error: [block 4992928]: count=8192 read error from /dev/da0s1a: Input/output error: [block 4992870]: count=10240 DUMP: read error from /dev/da0s1a: Input/output error: [block 4992896]: count=7168 DUMP: DUMP: read error from /dev/da0s1a: Input/output error: [sector 4992928]: count=512 DUMP: read error from /dev/da0s1a: Input/output error: [sector 4992870]: count=512 read error from /dev/da0s1a: Input/output error: [sector 4992896]: count=512 DUMP: DUMP: read error from /dev/da0s1a: Input/output error: [sector 4992899]: count=512 DUMP: read error from /dev/da0s1a: Input/output error: [sector 4992931]: count=512 read error from /dev/da0s1a: Input/output error: [sector 4992873]: count=512 DUMP: DUMP: read error from /dev/da0s1a: Input/output error: [block 5032906]: count=10240 read error from /dev/da0s1a: Input/output error: [block 5032928]: count=9216 DUMP: read error from /dev/da0s1a: Input/output error: [block 5032946]: count=7168 I will re-create the key or even use another media; matthias -- Matthias Apitz t +49-89-61308 351 - f +49-89-61308 399 - m +49-170-4527211 e <guru@unixarea.de> - w http://www.unixarea.de/ Solidarity with the zionistic pirates of Israel? Not in my name! ¿Solidaridad con los piratas sionistas de Israel? ¡No en mi nombre!
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