Date: Sun, 10 May 1998 11:58:31 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: CyberPeasant <djv@bedford.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Masking out bad blocks Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980510115555.4464G-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <199805092131.RAA10299@castor.loco.net>
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On Sat, 9 May 1998, CyberPeasant wrote: > > scsi -f /dev/rsdX -m 1 > Have done this, and see: > > [root@castor /root]# scsi -f /dev/rsd0 -m 1 > AWRE (Auto Write Reallocation Enbld): 0 > ARRE (Auto Read Reallocation Enbld): 0 Well lookie there :) > To enable reallocation, I assume I should do: > > scsi -f /dev/rsd0 -m 1 -e -P 3 > > to edit this table and save it somewhere. Right? Yes. Just write the temp file back and the settings will be stored in the drive's EEPROM. > Are there other settings in this (or other pages) that have odd defaults > that I should, as a matter of routine, inspect? Maybe, let me fetch mine again (I have a Seagate btw): AWRE (Auto Write Reallocation Enbld): 1 ARRE (Auto Read Reallocation Enbld): 1 TB (Transfer Block): 0 RC (Read Continuous): 0 EER (Enable Early Recovery): 1 PER (Post Error): 0 DTE (Disable Transfer on Error): 0 DCR (Disable Correction): 0 Read Retry Count: 17 Correction Span: 48 Head Offset Count: 0 Data Strobe Offset Count: 0 Write Retry Count: 13 Recovery Time Limit: 65535 I would be cautious in fidding with these settings. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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