From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 4 00:25:59 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3BC1216A41F for ; Tue, 4 Oct 2005 00:25:59 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from Mike.Jeays@rogers.com) Received: from smtp105.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com (smtp105.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com [206.190.36.83]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A558943D45 for ; Tue, 4 Oct 2005 00:25:58 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from Mike.Jeays@rogers.com) Received: (qmail 2684 invoked from network); 4 Oct 2005 00:25:57 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=rogers.com; h=Received:Subject:From:To:Cc:In-Reply-To:References:Content-Type:Message-Id:Mime-Version:X-Mailer:Date:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=EeOS0zC7vkGmeHjTW/yGtUBtmUIJck8PAM1dTLnsHofc2UFFKZ4RWxMTDE+rZcYjjOIbyZZKJK86K+hmQ+2sJaBxUwafv9JHkfK88BubsFfMcZndQSLFYwogbBcEfSOM4o+5TmZNIEbAX0XnZBNhOqlySqQZtlaIgYImULHL2yE= ; Received: from unknown (HELO ?192.168.2.150?) (mjeays2551@24.114.152.139 with plain) by smtp105.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com with SMTP; 4 Oct 2005 00:25:57 -0000 From: Mike Jeays To: Joe S In-Reply-To: <43416EF8.5030808@gmail.com> References: <1128112317.678.18.camel@chaucer.jeays.ca> <43416EF8.5030808@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1128385541.653.1.camel@chaucer.jeays.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 Date: Mon, 03 Oct 2005 20:25:41 -0400 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Disk errors X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 04 Oct 2005 00:25:59 -0000 On Mon, 2005-10-03 at 13:48, Joe S wrote: > Mike Jeays wrote: > > I am getting one or two of these a day on a Western Digital 80GB disk > > Most drive manufacturers provide diagnostic tools for the drives they > produce. In this case, Western Digital provides a bootable diagnostic tool: > > * Data Lifeguard Diagnostic for DOS (CD) > http://support.wdc.com/download/index.asp?swid=30 > > Burn the ISO to a CD and boot up the system with the CD. > Run the diagnostics. > > It's best to use the tool provided by the manufacturer of the drive you > have. UltimateBootCD includes most popular drive tools. > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" Thanks for the suggestion. I downloaded the ISO image, but it won't boot properly on my machine; it just says something about Caldera DR-DOS, and the screen goes blank. Maybe SCO has had its finger in the pie...