Date: Mon, 3 Aug 1998 10:51:59 -0700 (PDT) From: Brian Tiemann <btman@ugcs.caltech.edu> To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> Cc: Chris <chrisj@outcast.media-net.net>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: WD errors Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.02.9808031050360.21356-100000@lionking.org> In-Reply-To: <199808031612.JAA14148@antipodes.cdrom.com>
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On Mon, 3 Aug 1998, Mike Smith wrote: > Your disk seems to be struggling with a bad block. The best thing to do > at this point is throw the disk out and get a new one, as with any > modern IDE disk you will only get to this point once all of the > available spare sectors have been used up. Be sure to test the disk, though, before pitching it... as I said earlier, in my experience with this particular problem I took the supposedly hosed disk home, ran the WD diags on it, and got a clean bill of health. Brian To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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