Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2012 13:12:32 +0000 (UTC) From: Eitan Adler <eadler@FreeBSD.org> To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r40094 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq Message-ID: <201211191312.qAJDCWHH059041@svn.freebsd.org>
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Author: eadler Date: Mon Nov 19 13:12:32 2012 New Revision: 40094 URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/40094 Log: Manually fixing a HDD with bad blocks manually has not been a real concern for many years. Approved by: bcr (mentor) Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml Mon Nov 19 13:12:29 2012 (r40093) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml Mon Nov 19 13:12:32 2012 (r40094) @@ -1395,9 +1395,6 @@ sufficient to fix the bad blocks, which means the disk is heavily corrupted); we suggest you buy a new hard drive.</para> - - <para>If you have a SCSI drive with bad blocks, see <link - linkend="awre">this answer</link>.</para> </answer> </qandaentry> @@ -2627,41 +2624,6 @@ bindkey ^[[3~ delete-char # for xterm</p </qandaentry> <qandaentry> - <question id="awre"> - <para>What do I do when I have bad blocks on my hard - drive?</para> - </question> - - <answer> - <para>With SCSI drives, the drive should be capable of - re-mapping these automatically. However, many drives ship - with this feature disabled.</para> - - <para>To enable bad block remapping edit the first device page - mode, which can be done by giving the command (as - <username>root</username>)</para> - - <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>camcontrol modepage sd0 -m 1 -e -P 3</userinput></screen> - - <para>and changing the values of AWRE and ARRE from 0 to - 1:</para> - - <programlisting>AWRE (Auto Write Reallocation Enbld): 1 -ARRE (Auto Read Reallocation Enbld): 1</programlisting> - - <para>Modern IDE drives also have bad block remapping features - in the controller, and they ship with this feature turned - on.</para> - - <para>If you see warnings about bad blocks (on either type of - drive), it is time to consider replacing the drive. You - might be able to use the drive manufacturer's diagnostic - program to lock out those bad blocks, but at best this will - buy you some time.</para> - </answer> - </qandaentry> - - <qandaentry> <question id="hpnetserver-scsi-failure"> <para>Why does &os; not detect my HP Netserver's SCSI controller?</para>
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