From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Nov 20 18:51:14 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id SAA29567 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 20 Nov 1996 18:51:14 -0800 (PST) Received: from srv1-bsb.GNS.com.br (srv1-bsb.GNS.com.br [200.239.56.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id SAA29559 for ; Wed, 20 Nov 1996 18:51:04 -0800 (PST) Received: (from lioux@localhost) by srv1-bsb.GNS.com.br (8.8.2/8.8.2) id AAA00701 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 21 Nov 1996 00:50:59 -0200 (EDT) From: Mario Sergio Fujikawa Ferreira Message-Id: <199611210250.AAA00701@srv1-bsb.GNS.com.br> Subject: Problem with 2.5GIG HD To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Thu, 21 Nov 1996 00:50:59 -0200 (EDT) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL17 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk I am running a 2.1.0 Release Box with a 2.1.6R Kernel (just installed). I am trying to setup two additional 2.5 Gig Caviar 32500 Western Digital Winchester. However, whenever I try to format any of them using the /stand/sysinstall utility with the bad scan option enabled I get the too many bad sectors errors at the end of the HD. The bad sectors start by the 2.0 Gig area. However, I was installing a production machine with a ftp installation disk from the 2.1.6 distribution where the main Hd was one of the same 2.5 Gig HD I could not format on my main box. The installation went smooth through the format and bad scan phases. Any suggestions of why this is happening besides telling me to reinstall my main box? This is a mission critical machine: It cannot be taken down without a very good reason. Regards, Mario Ferreira. (lioux@gns.com.br)