From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 16 19:42:06 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 69DB216A4CF for ; Tue, 16 Dec 2003 19:42:06 -0800 (PST) Received: from ss037.bos.hosting.com (ss037.bos.hosting.com [64.55.166.26]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 130BD43D45 for ; Tue, 16 Dec 2003 19:42:05 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from t@cattail.nu) Received: from wildflower (dhcp5-9.stmarys.gmpexpress.net [63.147.55.9]) by ss037.bos.hosting.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id hBH3g3T8014398 for ; Tue, 16 Dec 2003 22:42:03 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2003 18:30:37 -0500 From: "Theresa L. Ford" To: questions@freebsd.org Message-Id: <20031216183037.04273e2e.t@cattail.nu> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.9.8 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd4.9) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Hard Drive Diagnostics X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2003 03:42:06 -0000 What commands/utilities are needed for exploring, defining, and recovering data on a failing hard drive? What should I look for in which log file? I had a dual boot Redhat Linux/Windows 2000 setup with two hard drives, variously partitioned with ext3fs, fat32, and possibly ntfs. After determining that the increasingly frequent locking/rebooting problem was likely one of the drives, we disconnected those and purchased a new drive and installed FreeBSD (translate FreeBSD newbie). There were no issues beyond typical newbie trying to install FreeBSD. I have done all the upgrades/cvsup. FreeBSD 4.9-STABLE #0: Mon Dec 15 18:11:37 EST 2003 The two drives: 80 Gb Maxtor D740X-6L Western Digital 120 Gb. I saw in the archive that this could be a cable problem, but the BSD drive has now operated successfully on both cables (more general troubleshooting). What tools do I need to research? What should I look for in my logs? Any help you could give me would be greatly appreciated. Thank you! - Theresa