Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 17:11:23 +0200 From: Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> To: Norberto Meijome <freebsd@meijome.net> Cc: Yoshihiro Ota <ota@j.email.ne.jp>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: dumping large partition to USB drive fails Message-ID: <20070627151123.GA71331@slackbox.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <20070627201905.2102ddc4@localhost> 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> <20070627201905.2102ddc4@localhost>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Wed, Jun 27, 2007 at 08:19:05PM +1000, Norberto Meijome wrote: > On Wed, 27 Jun 2007 08:12:06 +0200 > Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> 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. Well, camcontrol didn't work either. :-( > 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. These ones are relatively easy to disassemble, luckily. I have two enclosures of the same brand, but the older (malfunctioning) one has both USB 2 and firewire connections, while the newer one just has a USB 2 connection. See http://www.conceptronic.nl/site/desktopdefault.aspx?tabindex=0&tabid=200&Cat=60&grp=6010&ar=450&Prod_ID=1393&Prod=CHD3UL I'll disassemble the malfunctioning drive, put it in an old PC and run smartctl on it. Are there any other tests that might be worthwhile? Roland -- R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFGgn4bEnfvsMMhpyURAl/1AJkBwuHa682fEnc7qiKHlnZ8vstQOwCgmNev CGBV/KQ06A2R7XUWixvPmws= =sAhV -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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