Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2023 07:44:00 +0200 From: Andrea Venturoli <ml@netfence.it> To: questions@freebsd.org, freebsd@dreamchaser.org Subject: Re: frequent disk error, need guidance Message-ID: <8e726d9f-9214-bae8-756d-35529aad88e7@netfence.it> In-Reply-To: <d5d43af7-58f4-656c-97c1-9d478db76096@dreamchaser.org> References: <d5d43af7-58f4-656c-97c1-9d478db76096@dreamchaser.org>
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On 4/15/23 05:53, Gary Aitken wrote: Hello. > I had high hopes this article: > https://www.freebsddiary.org/smart-fixing-bad-sector.php In the past I tried that too... I guess its chances of success depend a lot on the underlying hardware. > Can it be remapped, and if so, pointers to how? Each vendor provides its own utilities for this. You can probably find almost all of them on UBCD (https://www.ultimatebootcd.com), provided your system can boot in BIOS/CSM mode. However you'll have to boot into it, so your system can't run while you do this (and it will probably take hours). SeaTools will either remap the bad blocks or tell you if the disk is so bad it can't be fixed. In the former case, don't blindly trust it: it might effectively correct any existing damage, but further bad blocks may appear soon, so keep an eye on it. bye av.
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