Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2008 08:51:38 +0200 From: "DA Forsyth" <iwrtech@iwr.ru.ac.za> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: thavinci@thavinci.za.net Subject: Re: freebsd-questions Digest, Vol 229, Issue 12 Message-ID: <48AE7E1A.17622.49F35FA@iwrtech.iwr.ru.ac.za> In-Reply-To: <20080821153757.9183410656E1@hub.freebsd.org> References: <20080821153757.9183410656E1@hub.freebsd.org>
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On 21 Aug 2008 , freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org entreated
about
"freebsd-questions Digest, Vol 229, Issue 12":
> Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:24:30 +0200
> Subject: THE FOLLOWING DISK SECTORS COULD NOT BE READ
>
> On a different dilemma, I have a FreeBSD proxy server with what looks
> like a failing drive.
>
> The drive ONLY holds cache so is not critical for system operation
> however id still like to try something.
>
> It seem that no matter how many times I run fsck it still comes up
> with same result, is there a way to isolate the bad sectors and use the
> replacement ones on drive? Or even just isolate so that I can continue
> using the drive for now.
The only way I found to do this is to copy the data off the disk,
then newfs that partition, then copy the data back.
my 'copy off' process was a dump | restore to a temporary disk I
added to the machine.
also note: I replaced the disk within a couple of weeks after this.
--
DA Fo rsyth Network Supervisor
Principal Technical Officer -- Institute for Water Research
http://www.ru.ac.za/institutes/iwr/
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