Date: Sat, 25 Jan 1997 04:09:40 +1100 From: Richard Lyon <rlyon@ozemail.com.au> To: bsd <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>, "'Robert Chalmers'" <robert@nanguo.chalmers.com.au> Cc: "'rlyon'" <rlyon@ozemail.com.au> Subject: RE: SCSI verify media? will it destroy the data? Message-ID: <01BC0A76.D1901270@slmel3p37.ozemail.com.au>
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Hi, ---------- From: Robert Chalmers Subject: SCSI verify media? will it destroy the data? Does anyone know if a SCSI AHA-1540C controllers, Verify Media command will leave the disk intact, apart from relocated badtracks/sectors, or is it a destructive scan? I have a SCSI disk showing bad-sector errors, and I dont want to have to do a complete rebuild if I can help it. ---------- With the 1542 the verify media command is destructive. The bios diagnostics notify you of this and give you a chance to back out. I assume the 1540 will behave in a similar fashion. Regards ...
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