From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Feb 27 02:33:11 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id CAA00493 for hackers-outgoing; Tue, 27 Feb 1996 02:33:11 -0800 (PST) Received: from hda.com (hda.com [199.232.40.182]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id CAA00475 for ; Tue, 27 Feb 1996 02:33:01 -0800 (PST) Received: (from dufault@localhost) by hda.com (8.6.11/8.6.9) id FAA03378; Tue, 27 Feb 1996 05:44:51 -0500 From: Peter Dufault Message-Id: <199602271044.FAA03378@hda.com> Subject: Re: SCSI error code 83 and 84, medium errors To: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch) Date: Tue, 27 Feb 1996 05:44:51 -0500 (EST) Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org, taob@io.org In-Reply-To: <199602270701.IAA02518@uriah.heep.sax.de> from "J Wunsch" at Feb 27, 96 08:01:49 am X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > > sd8(ncr2:2:0): MEDIUM ERROR info:1af3b asc:14,1 Record not found field replaceable unit: 2 > > > > the third NCR53c810 controller. Is there anything I should be > > > worried about now? > > > keep a spare drive handy? > > Backup and reformat. There's a scsiformat(8) now handy in /sbin > (thanks to Peter Dufault). Seacrate disk can really be formatted. (Thanks to Joerg Wunsch, if you ask me). I suggested to Brian off the list that he watch and not worry (yet). He didn't have auto reallocation on, so he was destined to eventually have a similar problem. Of course backing up is a good idea, and if he has any more errors show up I'd look at returning the disk. To check for problems he can disable the reallocation again, and "scrub" the raw drive over night by writing and reading patterns to and from the raw drive, logging any errors. If errors are showing up this will give him the data he needs to insist Seagate take it back. -- Peter Dufault Real-Time Machine Control and Simulation HD Associates, Inc. Voice: 508 433 6936 dufault@hda.com Fax: 508 433 5267