From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Sep 2 15:40: 3 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from lerami.lerctr.org (lerami.lerctr.org [207.158.72.11]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 06CE637B42C for ; Sat, 2 Sep 2000 15:39:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from ler@localhost) by lerami.lerctr.org (8.11.0/8.11.0/20000831) id e82Mdml19234; Sat, 2 Sep 2000 17:39:48 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from ler) Date: Sat, 2 Sep 2000 17:39:47 -0500 From: Larry Rosenman To: Siegbert Baude Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: bad block on an IDE drive Message-ID: <20000902173947.A19214@lerami.lerctr.org> References: <20000902091231.A1358@lerami.lerctr.org> <39B14718.3D9E9146@gmx.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <39B14718.3D9E9146@gmx.de>; from siegbert.baude@gmx.de on Sat, Sep 02, 2000 at 08:29:44PM +0200 X-Mailer: Mutt http://www.mutt.org/ Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I know about low-level formatting. I am a Network Engineer at an ISP. I just can't seem to find the FreeBSD way to map out a bad sector. Any hints would be appreciated. Larry Rosenman * Siegbert Baude [000902 13:29]: > Hi Larry, > > > How do I map out some bad blocks on an IDE drive under current > > 4.1-STABLE? (CVSUP'd yesterday). > > Donīt know the FreeBSD way. But normally I would backup my data on it and then > low level format the disk. This will recognize and remap the bad sectors. A tool > doing this for IDE disks is freely available from Maxtor. Be aware, that if your > disk starts having bad sectors, this process often will continue (microparticles > between head and surface, for example). So I wouldnīt store my most valuable > data on it. > > Ciao > Siegbert -- Larry Rosenman http://www.lerctr.org/~ler Phone: +1 972-414-9812 (voice) Internet: ler@lerctr.org US Mail: 1905 Steamboat Springs Drive, Garland, TX 75044-6749 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message