From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 27 10:19:09 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A739916A469 for ; Wed, 27 Jun 2007 10:19:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@meijome.net) Received: from sigma.octantis.com.au (ns2.octantis.com.au [207.44.189.124]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 54DD013C44C for ; Wed, 27 Jun 2007 10:19:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@meijome.net) Received: (qmail 29842 invoked from network); 27 Jun 2007 05:19:09 -0500 Received: from unknown (HELO localhost) (210.84.50.231) by sigma.octantis.com.au with (DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA encrypted) SMTP; 27 Jun 2007 05:19:08 -0500 Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 20:19:05 +1000 From: Norberto Meijome To: Roland Smith Message-ID: <20070627201905.2102ddc4@localhost> In-Reply-To: <20070627061206.GA58111@slackbox.xs4all.nl> References: <20070625174045.GA31486@slackbox.xs4all.nl> <20070625224507.da4e62c2.ota@j.email.ne.jp> <20070626060948.GA20203@slackbox.xs4all.nl> <20070627153221.1a2cce90@localhost> <20070627061206.GA58111@slackbox.xs4all.nl> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 2.9.2 (GTK+ 2.10.13; i386-portbld-freebsd6.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Yoshihiro Ota , freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: dumping large partition to USB drive fails X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 10:19:09 -0000 On Wed, 27 Jun 2007 08:12:06 +0200 Roland Smith wrote: > Unfortunately I can't check the drives with smartctl; they produce an SCSI > error. I'll try 'camcontrol defects', and see if that turns up anything. possibly because of the USB enclosure. I've had very mixed results with USB cases - some great, some dying for no reason, some working on and off. I would test the drive itself outside the USB enclosure (hopefully you have one that can be pulled apart) and see how that goes. _________________________ {Beto|Norberto|Numard} Meijome "I abhor a system designed for the 'user', if that word is a coded pejorative meaning 'stupid and unsophisticated'. Ken Thompson I speak for myself, not my employer. Contents may be hot. Slippery when wet. Reading disclaimers makes you go blind. Writing them is worse. You have been Warned.