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Date:      Sun, 4 Jan 2004 22:08:41 +0000
From:      Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk>
To:        backdoc <freebsd01@usmstudent.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: HD problems after power outage
Message-ID:  <20040104220841.GA96090@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk>
In-Reply-To: <3FF88755.5090107@usmstudent.com>
References:  <3FF88755.5090107@usmstudent.com>

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On Sun, Jan 04, 2004 at 03:36:21PM -0600, backdoc wrote:
> I lost power at my house for a moment this morning which is causing some=
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> problems with my second hard drive.

[ fsck tale of woe...]

> I try to rerun fsck, but this pattern only repeats.  Is there a way to=20
> fix this?? Or, am I toast?

Toasted to a nice golden brown on both sides.  You've had a head crash
on that second drive, which has created a scratch right across a
number of disk sectors.  Time to chuck that disk in the bin and
restore your backups[1] onto a new one.

	Cheers,

	Matthew=09

[1] You *do* have backups, don't you?

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Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil.                       26 The Paddocks
                                                      Savill Way
PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey         Marlow
Tel: +44 1628 476614                                  Bucks., SL7 1TH UK

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