Date: Sat, 20 Aug 2011 16:07:44 -0400 From: Dan Langille <dan@langille.org> To: Jeremy Chadwick <freebsd@jdc.parodius.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: bad sector in gmirror HDD Message-ID: <09FB1664-127D-4835-88C4-BF5CD3A320C1@langille.org> In-Reply-To: <20110820195702.GA39109@icarus.home.lan> References: <1B4FC0D8-60E6-49DA-BC52-688052C4DA51@langille.org> <20110819232125.GA4965@icarus.home.lan> <B6B0AD0F-A74C-4F2C-88B0-101443D7831A@langille.org> <20110820032438.GA21925@icarus.home.lan> <4774BC00-F32B-4BF4-A955-3728F885CAA1@langille.org> <20110820195702.GA39109@icarus.home.lan>
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On Aug 20, 2011, at 3:57 PM, Jeremy Chadwick wrote: >>> I still suggest you replace the drive, although given its age I = doubt >>> you'll be able to find a suitable replacement. I tend to keep disks >>> like this around for testing/experimental purposes and not for = actual >>> use. >>=20 >> I have several unused 80GB HDD I can place into this system. I think = that's >> what I'll wind up doing. But I'd like to follow this process through = and get it documented >> for future reference. >=20 > Yes, given the behaviour of the drive I would recommend you simply > replace it at this point in time. What concerns me the most is > Current_Pending_Sector incrementing, but it's impossible for me to > determine if that incrementing means there are other LBAs which are = bad, > or if the drive is behaving how its firmware is designed. >=20 > Keep the drive around for further experiments/tinkering if you're > interested. Stuff like this is always interesting/fun as long as your > data isn't at risk, so doing the replacement first would be best > (especially if both drives in your mirror were bought at the same time > from the same place and have similar manufacturing plants/dates on > them). I'm happy to send you this drive for your experimentation pleasure. If so, please email me an address offline. You don't have a disk with=20= errors, and it seems you should have one. After I wipe it. I'm sure I have a destroyer CD here somewhere.... --=20 Dan Langille - http://langille.org
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