Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1999 13:16:55 +0000 From: Karl Pielorz <kpielorz@tdx.co.uk> To: Patrick Seal <patseal@hyperhost.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: wdtimeout() status 58 (wdunwedge failed) Message-ID: <36A5D747.3BAD0C96@tdx.co.uk> References: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9901200650160.19880-100000@foobar.hyperhost.net>
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Patrick Seal wrote: > > Thanks, I'm cvsup'ing current right now, later today I'll grap stable and > see if the error occurs. Could reformating fix anything? > > thanks again, Don't think so, but it's worth a try... Modern IDE's do actually do block reallocation (to map failed blocks to spare areas on the disk), there a little 'behind the scenes' in how they do this though... Some of the manufacturers (western-digi springs to mind) have utils on their website which will tell you how many bad blocks etc. the drive has (but their very specific to the manufacturer) Try formatting - but if your going to continue using the drive, make sure your doing backups of any critical data... -Kp To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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