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Date:      Tue, 13 Jun 1995 17:08:29 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Peter Dufault <dufault@hda.com>
To:        wjw@IAEhv.nl (Willem Jan Withagen)
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Medium error
Message-ID:  <199506132108.RAA13083@hda.com>
In-Reply-To: <199506132028.WAA02956@iaehv.IAEhv.nl> from "Willem Jan Withagen" at Jun 13, 95 10:28:39 pm

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Willem Jan Withagen writes:

(Re-directed to -questions)

> We're running an ISP site and our newsdisk is giving us a hard time, but
> it's real hard to replace the damn thing at the moment.
> 
> What do we have:
> 	A P90-asus with NCR controller with a quantum 2.1 Empire as sd2.

Be sure you provide all the information about your installation.  In
this case, I need to know which release you are running.

> And this baby is generating a medium error on just one location. 
> Jun 13 22:19:50 iaehv kernel: sd2(ncr0:2:0): medium error, info = 2817606 (decimal)

Is this always the same "info" code?

> The funny (??) thing is that this cause I/O errors in INN in serveral spool
> directories. Even after I created a real large file to try and cover the bad
> spot with just-another-file.
> 
> So I'm starting to wonder: can the bad spot contain more than just one
> directory which is getting trouble?

It is probably a single spot.

> But the real serious question: Is there any way of getting this ONE error
> out of the way by just any reasonable method?

I'll make some suggestions after I see what you're running.  You have
more options if you are running 2.05.

Peter

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