From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jan 4 14:16:43 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 62C7316A4CE for ; Sun, 4 Jan 2004 14:16:43 -0800 (PST) Received: from nico.bway.net (nico.bway.net [216.220.96.3]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6F6E443D5D for ; Sun, 4 Jan 2004 14:16:34 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jslivko@bway.net) Received: from peeringstw8ykm (jslivko.bway.net [216.220.113.95]) i04MGX7q012463; Sun, 4 Jan 2004 17:16:33 -0500 Message-Id: <200401042216.i04MGX7q012463@nico.bway.net> From: "Jonathan M. Slivko" To: "'Matthew Seaman'" , "'backdoc'" Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2004 17:16:35 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook, Build 11.0.5510 In-Reply-To: <20040104220841.GA96090@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Thread-Index: AcPTD1daRKf5DqRfRXGntXpf+4HXoAAAQU5g cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: HD problems after power outage X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 04 Jan 2004 22:16:43 -0000 With all the events of September 11th, one would think we'd have learned about backups by now :) -- Jonathan -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Matthew Seaman Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2004 5:09 PM To: backdoc Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HD problems after power outage 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 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 > 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 [1] You *do* have backups, don't you? -- 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