Date: Wed, 24 Jul 1996 12:59:08 -0700 (PDT) From: "Rodney W. Grimes" <rgrimes@GndRsh.aac.dev.com> To: darrylo@hpnmhjw.sr.hp.com (Darryl Okahata) Cc: tbalfe@falcon.tioga.com, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Micropolis, again Message-ID: <199607241959.MAA23187@GndRsh.aac.dev.com> In-Reply-To: <199607241927.AA116046474@hpnmhjw.sr.hp.com> from Darryl Okahata at "Jul 24, 96 12:27:53 pm"
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> > gryphon: {3} scsi -f /dev/rsd0 -m 1
> > AWRE (Auto Write Reallocation Enbld): 0
> > ARRE (Auto Read Reallocation Enbld): 0
>
> You might want to try enabling these.
>
> Of course, if your drive really is on the way out, enabling these
> will only postpone the inevitable. I once used a Fujitsu 2624FA that
> developed bad sectors. Enabling AWRE and ARRE helped, but more and more
> bad sectors appeared. I finally gave up and drop-kicked the drive.
>
> If you're interested, I've got a perl script around somewhere that
> reads out the table of remapped sectors from SCSI drives (assuming that
> AWRE and ARRE are enabled, of course).
I would like a copy of that please... it may even find it's way into
the FreeBSD source tree...
--
Rod Grimes rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com
Accurate Automation Company Reliable computers for FreeBSD
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