Date: Fri, 9 Apr 1999 10:23:06 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>, "Frank J. Cameron" <paco@compclub.ccacc.cc.pa.us> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Bad blocks on disk (was: Server Crash) Message-ID: <19990409102306.Q2142@lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.03.9904081232010.25113-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>; from Doug White on Thu, Apr 08, 1999 at 12:32:46PM -0700 References: <199904081507.LAA17180@compclub.ccacc.cc.pa.us> <Pine.BSF.4.03.9904081232010.25113-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
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On Thursday, 8 April 1999 at 12:32:46 -0700, Doug White wrote: > On Thu, 8 Apr 1999, Frank J. Cameron wrote: > >> We're running a 3.1 box as a mail server. This past weekend the >> server crashed; these are the last entires from /var/log/messages >> before the server was manually re-booted: >> >> Apr 3 02:00:02 compclub /kernel: bad block 1140850688, ino 8065 >> Apr 3 02:00:02 compclub /kernel: pid 74916 (find), uid 1073741824 on /usr: bad block > > Ouch. > >> Additionally, since coming back up some files are missing. I have >> noticed that find, finger, fetch, and ftp are missing, possibly more. >> >> My questions are: >> >> Where might I find some information on the bad block errors? > > The system log. That's it. I think the question is "what does this mean?". It means that your disk format is corrupted. You may be able to salvage things by reformatting (which, of course, will remove all data). >> Does anyone have any reasons why it might not be advisable to >> proceed with a 'make installworld' (I've already done 'buildworld') >> to restore the missing files? The main reason is that the "solution" is not really related to the problem. If you have bad blocks on your disk, nothing except a format or similar low-level disk operation will get rid of them. > Your disk is corrupted. You should replace your disk. It would be worthwhile reformatting it first. Greg -- When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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