From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Oct 27 8:20: 4 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from 1upmc-msximc1.isdip.upmc.edu (1upmc-msximc1.isdip.upmc.edu [128.147.18.39]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2002C37B408 for ; Sat, 27 Oct 2001 08:19:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 1upmc-msximc1.isdip.upmc.edu with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) id ; Sat, 27 Oct 2001 11:18:31 -0400 Message-ID: <46AEB8C1B628D511969200508B6FE42A6686E8@1upmc-msx6.isdip.upmc.edu> From: "Person, Roderick" To: 'Lowell Gilbert ' , "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org '" Subject: RE: Disk Docter Like? Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2001 11:18:31 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----_=_NextPart_001_01C15EFA.A32D8970" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C15EFA.A32D8970 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Just what I was afraid of. It must be close to going because the 4.4 kernel will not boot this drive. Better start backing up I guess. Thanks Rod. -----Original Message----- From: Lowell Gilbert To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sent: 10/27/2001 10:39 AM Subject: Re: Disk Docter Like? roddierod@hotpop.com (Rod Person) writes: > I have a harddrive that is starting to die on me. There are some bad sectors in the fat. I hardware friend of mine tells me that norton disk doctor will fix that. > Is there anything in the FreeBSD/unix world like it? No. There used to be, but for a number of years now, drives have done their own bad-sector remapping, without telling the OS about it. After a while, they may run out of space in their bad sector tables, and start reporting the failures to the OS. By that point, though, it's time to get a new hard drive. Make sure you have several good backups. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message ------_=_NextPart_001_01C15EFA.A32D8970 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable RE: Disk Docter Like?

Just what I was afraid of. It must be close to going = because the 4.4 kernel will not boot this drive. Better start backing = up I guess. Thanks

Rod.


-----Original Message-----

From: Lowell Gilbert

To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org

Sent: 10/27/2001 10:39 AM

Subject: Re: Disk Docter Like?



roddierod@hotpop.com (Rod Person) writes:



> I have a harddrive that is starting to die on = me. There are some bad

sectors in the fat. I hardware friend of mine tells = me that norton disk

doctor will fix that.

> Is there anything in the FreeBSD/unix world like = it?



No.  There used to be, but for a number of years = now, drives have done

their own bad-sector remapping, without telling the = OS about it.

After a while, they may run out of space in their bad = sector tables,

and start reporting the failures to the OS.  By = that point, though,

it's time to get a new hard drive.



Make sure you have several good backups.



To Unsubscribe: send mail to = majordomo@FreeBSD.org

with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the = body of the message

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