Date: Thu, 08 Jan 2004 09:32:01 +0000 From: Nick Barnes <Nick.Barnes@pobox.com> To: Phil Kernick <Phil@Kernick.org> Cc: freebsd-stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Should bad hardware cause a kernel panic? Message-ID: <59906.1073554321@thrush.ravenbrook.com> In-Reply-To: <3FFD120B.4030100@Kernick.org> from Phil Kernick <Phil@Kernick.org> of "Thu, 08 Jan 2004 18:47:15 %2B1030"
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At 2004-01-08 08:17:15+0000, Phil Kernick writes: > I have a dying IDE hard drive that I want to try and recover some > file from - the problem is that with it connected to my box, both > FreeBSD 4.9-RELEASE and 5.2-RC2 kernel panic. > > This can be reliably duplicated by booting the machine with the drive not > connected, then plugging the drive in, and... > > # atacontrol reinit 1 > panic! > > The real problem with this is that I can't use any tools to try and > recover any data. The GEOM code in 5.x is slightly more resiliant > than the 4.x code, but both cause panics. > > On the other hand, it I boot a Knoppix Linux distro, it complains > about the drive, but it *doesn't* panic, crash or otherwise > misbehave. Use Linux to dd the bits onto a clean drive, then try mounting that drive on FreeBSD? Nick B
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