From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 1 07:02:57 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9E3CA16A4DA for ; Tue, 1 Aug 2006 07:02:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cwpaig@valken.org) Received: from annis.human-league.net (88.229.39-62.rev.gaoland.net [62.39.229.88]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1698A43D46 for ; Tue, 1 Aug 2006 07:02:56 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from cwpaig@valken.org) Received: from localhost (localhost.human-league.net [127.0.0.1]) by annis.human-league.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id C99DE2222; Tue, 1 Aug 2006 09:02:44 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at human-league.net Received: from annis.human-league.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (annis.human-league.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id EN+DHM290DrW; Tue, 1 Aug 2006 09:02:23 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [194.57.123.191] (unknown [194.57.123.191]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by annis.human-league.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id A2F35210C; Tue, 1 Aug 2006 09:01:54 +0200 (CEST) In-Reply-To: <26480.193.180.216.132.1154413423.squirrel@webmail.sys.kth.se> References: <26480.193.180.216.132.1154413423.squirrel@webmail.sys.kth.se> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <2736595F-97B7-4BCA-99C2-D5ABBCE23F11@valken.org> Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable From: Paig Chong Woo Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2006 09:02:40 +0200 To: lassee@kth.se X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.2) X-Mailman-Approved-At: Tue, 01 Aug 2006 11:43:43 +0000 Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Help my Harddrive stopped working! 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: Tue, 01 Aug 2006 07:02:57 -0000 Le 1 ao=FBt 2006 =E0 08:23, Lasse Edlund a =E9crit : > I have an old Pentium III computer with FreeBSD 5.3 and I am using =20 > GEOM > GBDE encryption on a few IDE-disks that are mounted on a PCI-ide > controller. > I had some important files on a less than 1 year old 300gb Maxtor > harddrive (ad5) when it stopped working. The harddrive had been =20 > working > ok, and it had been in the computer all the time, so no risk physical > damage. Then I mounted and attached it and tried to move a few gb's of > files to it and I got lots of WRITE_DMA errors all over the terminal. > Then the computer crashed, next reboot I could attach it with gbde =20 > but not > mount, due to I/O errors, and fsck said "incorrect superblock". > After second restart the computer could not find it, > and the dmesg from the third restart is shown below. > What shall I do to get my data back? I have approx 200mb of =20 > critical data > there that I need to get back.. I had this kind of problem recently, and I was able to recover the =20 entire data by finding a functional identical drive and swapping the =20 logic boards. But then again I was lucky to find an identical drive, =20 and the issue was a malfuntionning logic board... --=20 See you!!! PAIG Chong Woo. E-Mail : cw@paig.net ICQ : 1305386 Page web : http://www.valken.org --- Q: My Etch-A-Sketch has lines that prevent me from doing my art project. A: Pick it up and shake it.