From owner-freebsd-stable Sat Feb 26 17:34:21 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from dervish.mail.pipex.net (dervish.mail.pipex.net [158.43.192.70]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 2C40937B58D for ; Sat, 26 Feb 2000 17:34:06 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mark@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org) Received: (qmail 1431 invoked from network); 27 Feb 2000 01:34:04 -0000 Received: from userbm40.uk.uudial.com (HELO marder-1.) (62.188.144.246) by smtp.dial.pipex.com with SMTP; 27 Feb 2000 01:34:04 -0000 Received: (from mark@localhost) by marder-1. (8.9.3/8.9.3) id BAA01269; Sun, 27 Feb 2000 01:33:55 GMT (envelope-from mark) Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2000 01:33:54 +0000 From: Mark Ovens To: Rahul Dhesi Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: disk repair on SunOS Message-ID: <20000227013354.E327@marder-1> References: <20000226235005.6973B3FF09@bolero.rahul.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: <20000226235005.6973B3FF09@bolero.rahul.net>; from dhesi@rahul.net on Sat, Feb 26, 2000 at 03:50:03PM -0800 Organization: Total lack of Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, Feb 26, 2000 at 03:50:03PM -0800, Rahul Dhesi wrote: > A disk on one of my machines that run SunOS was showing a frequent > error: > > Feb 24 15:04:26 samba vmunix: sd16f: Error for command 'read(10)' > Feb 24 15:04:26 samba vmunix: sd16f: Error Level: Retryable > Feb 24 15:04:26 samba vmunix: sd16f: Block 2032880, Absolute Block: 6717879 > Feb 24 15:04:26 samba vmunix: sd16f: Sense Key: Media Error > Feb 24 15:04:26 samba vmunix: sd16f: Vendor 'SEAGATE' error code: 0x11 > > I put the machine into single-user mode, unmounted the filesystem on > that disk, invoked the format command, selected that disk, gave the > 'repair' command, and when asked for the block number, I typed 6717879. > It said the block had been repaired. I exited the format utility and > went back into multiuser mode. > > My questions for the FreeBSD experts: > > - How does SunOS do it? > - Could FreeBSD do it too? > I don't know, but those errors mean the disk is on it's way out. I'd replace it if I were you. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message -- Microsoft: Where do you want to go today? Linux: Where do you want to go tomorrow? BSD: Are you guys coming, or what? -Poster at LinuxWorld 2000 ________________________________________________________________ FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark/ mailto:mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message