From owner-freebsd-scsi Fri Mar 8 03:15:30 1996 Return-Path: owner-freebsd-scsi Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id DAA00433 for freebsd-scsi-outgoing; Fri, 8 Mar 1996 03:15:30 -0800 (PST) Received: from who.cdrom.com (who.cdrom.com [192.216.222.3]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id DAA00410 for ; Fri, 8 Mar 1996 03:15:27 -0800 (PST) Received: from hda.com (hda.com [199.232.40.182]) by who.cdrom.com (8.6.12/8.6.11) with ESMTP id CAA23954 for ; Fri, 8 Mar 1996 02:35:14 -0800 Received: (from dufault@localhost) by hda.com (8.6.11/8.6.9) id FAA08882; Fri, 8 Mar 1996 05:51:00 -0500 From: Peter Dufault Message-Id: <199603081051.FAA08882@hda.com> Subject: Re: MEDIUM ERROR: is my disk really dead ? To: jmz@cabri.obs-besancon.fr (Jean-Marc Zucconi) Date: Fri, 8 Mar 1996 05:50:59 -0500 (EST) Cc: freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <9603080031.AA15431@cabri.obs-besancon.fr> from "Jean-Marc Zucconi" at Mar 8, 96 01:31:43 am X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: owner-freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk > I have problems with a disk. I got media errors, and a losed a > partition, then a second, then a third... (in about 5 days). > So i reformatted the disk and I stressed it (I filled it 100 times in > 24hours - this is a 1GB disk) and got 'only' 6 errors: > Mar 7 04:12:48 qix /kk: sd2(ncr0:4:0): Deferred Error: MEDIUM ERROR info:9778b asc:3,0 Peripheral device write fault > Mar 7 04:28:35 qix /kk: sd2(ncr0:4:0): Deferred Error: MEDIUM ERROR info:939d6 asc:3,0 Peripheral device write fault > Mar 7 04:45:19 qix /kk: sd2(ncr0:4:0): Deferred Error: MEDIUM ERROR info:5e230 asc:3,0 Peripheral device write fault > Mar 7 04:45:43 qix /kk: sd2(ncr0:4:0): Deferred Error: MEDIUM ERROR info:6a205 asc:3,0 Peripheral device write fault > Mar 7 04:47:50 qix /kk: sd2(ncr0:4:0): Deferred Error: MEDIUM ERROR info:ad0b8 asc:3,0 Peripheral device write fault > Mar 7 06:05:49 qix /kk: sd2(ncr0:4:0): Deferred Error: MEDIUM ERROR info:199c70 asc:3,0 Peripheral device write fault > Make sure "AWRE" (automatic write reallocation on error) is on so your drive will map out that sector. You probably want ARRE on also. use the "scsi(8)" mode page editor. Peter -- *** March 8, 1996: Our ISP is having problems. *** *** "hda.com" connectivity is now intermittent to nonexistent *** Peter Dufault Real-Time Machine Control and Simulation HD Associates, Inc. Voice: 508 433 6936 dufault@hda.com Fax: 508 433 5267