From owner-freebsd-stable Mon Jan 17 15:17:39 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from point.osg.gov.bc.ca (point.osg.gov.bc.ca [142.32.102.44]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D98001503A for ; Mon, 17 Jan 2000 15:17:34 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca) Received: (from daemon@localhost) by point.osg.gov.bc.ca (8.8.7/8.8.8) id PAA24873; Mon, 17 Jan 2000 15:17:24 -0800 Received: from passer.osg.gov.bc.ca(142.32.110.29) via SMTP by point.osg.gov.bc.ca, id smtpda24871; Mon Jan 17 15:17:13 2000 Received: (from uucp@localhost) by passer.osg.gov.bc.ca (8.9.3/8.9.1) id PAA03583; Mon, 17 Jan 2000 15:17:13 -0800 (PST) Received: from cwsys9.cwsent.com(10.2.2.1), claiming to be "cwsys.cwsent.com" via SMTP by passer9.cwsent.com, id smtpdpD3580; Mon Jan 17 15:16:18 2000 Received: (from uucp@localhost) by cwsys.cwsent.com (8.9.3/8.9.1) id PAA09368; Mon, 17 Jan 2000 15:16:17 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200001172316.PAA09368@cwsys.cwsent.com> Received: from localhost.cwsent.com(127.0.0.1), claiming to be "cwsys" via SMTP by localhost.cwsent.com, id smtpdBH9361; Mon Jan 17 15:15:46 2000 X-Mailer: exmh version 2.1.1 10/15/1999 Reply-To: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group From: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group X-OS: FreeBSD 3.4-RELEASE X-Sender: cy To: Conrad Sabatier Cc: Mike Tancsa , stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Problems with 3.4-STABLE custom kernel In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 17 Jan 2000 12:50:55 CST." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2000 15:15:46 -0800 Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In message , Conrad Sabatier writes: > > On 17-Jan-00 Mike Tancsa wrote: > > At 12:46 PM 1/17/00 -0600, Conrad Sabatier wrote: > >> > >>On 17-Jan-00 Mike Tancsa wrote: > >>> > >>> On first glance, it would seem you have come across a bad sector > >>> on > >>> your hard drive. > >> > >>So why then wouldn't booting into kernel.old detect the same > >>problem? > > > > Perhaps because something is trying to read from a bad sector. > > So, what would be the fix for this? fsck? Some drives (mostly SCSI) will remap the bad sectors automatically. Some drive manufacturers provide a utility that can be run from DOS that will remap bad sectors. Regards, Phone: (250)387-8437 Cy Schubert Fax: (250)387-5766 Sun/DEC Team, UNIX Group Internet: Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca ITSD Province of BC "e**(i*pi)+1=0" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message