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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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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:
>=20
> > Unfortunately I can't check the drives with smartctl; they produce an S=
CSI
> > error. I'll try 'camcontrol defects', and see if that turns up anything.

Well, camcontrol didn't work either. :-(
=20
> possibly because of the USB enclosure.
>=20
>  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 th=
e USB
> enclosure (hopefully you have one that can be pulled apart) and see how t=
hat
> goes.=20

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?tabinde=
x=3D0&tabid=3D200&Cat=3D60&grp=3D6010&ar=3D450&Prod_ID=3D1393&Prod=3DCHD3UL

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
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R.F.Smith                                   http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/
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