Date: Thu, 12 Jun 1997 12:56:26 +0100 From: Joshua Fielden <shag@concentric.net> To: "Amir Y. Rosenblatt" <amir@i33.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Disk Biff [2.2.1-stable] Message-ID: <339FE3EA.5752E2E1@concentric.net> References: <19970612111731.27738@i33.com>
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Amir Y. Rosenblatt wrote: > > Last night I heard my boot disk a Seagate ST32550W Baraccuda click and > spin down. The machine hung almost immediately (as it is often wont to do > when anything on the scsi bus flakes). I waited till the disk access > light was off before powering down, letting it rest 10 seconds and > powering it back up. Upon bootup it claimed not to be able to find the > kernel (even when I specified at the boot prompt to use 0:sd(0,a)/kernel). > I booted up off my 2.2.1 boot floppy and attempted to mount the fixit disk > I'd made from the 2.2.1 FIXIT.FLP image but it told me it couldn't mount > it (it was not write-protected). Usinf the partition and label manager on > the BOOT.FLP I saw that the freebsd fdisk slice was still there and that > all the partitions still existed (though it showed the wrong geometry for > the disk, as it tends to do upon seeing one of the 'cuddas). Is there a > way for me to remedy this witout having to reinstall and then restore from > tape? > > The machine's config is as follows: > > Tyan Dual PPro motherboard (I forget the model number but can check when I > get home) > Intel PPro200 (256k cache) > 96 meg RAM > Adaptec 2940UW host adapter > Seagate Baraccuda ST32550W (x3) > Number 9 "Imagine 128" 4 meg video card > 3Com 3c509B-TP ethernet adapter > > Any suggestions would be very welcome. > > -Amir > > -- > Amir Y. Rosenblatt (212) 448-0333 > sr. systems/network administrator http://www.i33.com > i33 communications corp. amir@i33.com I've never run SCSI and BSD, but when people used to call me at FWB and say "it reports the wrong size" our only answer was "well, call Seagate" at that point. Especially if the drive just stopped working in the middle of useage. My $.02 JF
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