Date: Sat, 03 Jun 2000 00:41:08 -0400 From: John <papalia@udel.edu> To: "Kenneth D. Merry" <ken@kdm.org> Cc: Mike Smith <msmith@FreeBSD.ORG>, John Lengeling <johnl@raccoon.com>, freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Dying connection? Message-ID: <4.3.1.2.20000603004007.00ae3100@mail.udel.edu> In-Reply-To: <20000602223457.A7354@panzer.kdm.org> References: <4.3.1.2.20000603003152.00adfbd0@mail.udel.edu> <4.3.1.2.20000602013902.00ae1330@mail.udel.edu> <Your <4.3.1.2.20000602012826.00ad4e90@mail.udel.edu> <200006020538.WAA01381@mass.cdrom.com> <4.3.1.2.20000602013902.00ae1330@mail.udel.edu> <20000601235026.A98092@panzer.kdm.org> <4.3.1.2.20000603003152.00adfbd0@mail.udel.edu>
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> > >So you probably don't need to add anything to your kernel config file, > > >unless you don't have the pass(4) driver configured. (You can't get the > > >defects list off the drive with camcontrol(8) without it.) > > > > So, to address curiosity, I recompiled with the pass device in the > > kernel. Now, using "camcontrol defects -f phys -P", I get the following > > nice long list. Does it mean anything in the end run? Also, from within > > the Adaptec SCSI bios, if I run their "media check", all turns up ok. > >The -P argument to the defects subcommand gives you the permanent defect >list, which is created at the factory. It is a list of blocks that were >bad when the disk was manufactured. Your list is fairly short. > >If you use the -G argument, you get the grown defect list, which is the >list if defects that have popped up since the drive left the factory. If >you use both -P and -G, you'll get both lists at the same time. Ah..... ok. My mistake. Retrying, I get: merlin# camcontrol defects -f phys -G Got 0 defects. So now, is that a good thing, or a bad thing? And does that ultimately take into account all errors encountered since the drive left the factory, but before I configure the "pass" device? Thanks again for your patience!!! --John To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-scsi" in the body of the message
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