From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 27 12:17:29 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D34101065693 for ; Fri, 27 Aug 2010 12:17:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from guru@unixarea.de) Received: from ms16-1.1blu.de (ms16-1.1blu.de [89.202.0.34]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 55DC48FC12 for ; Fri, 27 Aug 2010 12:17:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [193.31.11.193] (helo=current.Sisis.de) by ms16-1.1blu.de with esmtpsa (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Ooxs8-0005kX-44 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 27 Aug 2010 14:17:28 +0200 Received: from current.Sisis.de (current [127.0.0.1]) by current.Sisis.de (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id o7RCHR1n004242 for ; Fri, 27 Aug 2010 14:17:27 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from guru@unixarea.de) Received: (from guru@localhost) by current.Sisis.de (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id o7RCHR0D004241 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 27 Aug 2010 14:17:27 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from guru@unixarea.de) X-Authentication-Warning: current.Sisis.de: guru set sender to guru@unixarea.de using -f Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2010 14:17:27 +0200 From: Matthias Apitz To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20100827121727.GA4224@current.Sisis.de> Mail-Followup-To: Matthias Apitz , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <4C778001.3030809@otenet.gr> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 8.0-CURRENT (i386) X-Con-Id: 51246 X-Originating-IP: 193.31.11.193 Subject: Re: installing FreeBSD in VMWare-player X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Matthias Apitz List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2010 12:17:30 -0000 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 - 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!