Date: Sat, 5 Oct 1996 22:03:41 +0930 (CST) From: Peter Childs <pjchilds@imforei.apana.org.au> To: shovey@buffnet.net (Steve) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Help! /bin/csh is gone! Message-ID: <199610051233.WAA16911@al.imforei.apana.org.au> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.95.961005083147.13077F-100000@buffnet11.buffnet.net> from Steve at "Oct 5, 96 08:32:28 am"
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> > Some scsi drives come with badsector remapping turned off for some > > stupid reason... check the freebsd faq about using the > > 'scsi' > > command to enable it for this drive.. that should fix your problem. > > I use adaptec controllers precisely because they have routine easily > gotten to in the bios that will 'verify' a drive and perform the remap > etc. Hmm.. fair enuff... anyway.. we are probabaly on different wave lengths but the FAQ (2.16) states... --quote-- To enable this, you'll need to edit the first device page mode, which can be done on FreeBSD by giving the command (as root) scsi -f /dev/rsd0c -m 1 -e -P 3 and changing the values of AWRE and ARRE from 0 to 1:- AWRE (Auto Write Reallocation Enbld): 1 ARRE (Auto Read Reallocation Enbld): 1 --endquote-- I was suprised to fine neary every scsi drive on the machines i look after had these off :( When one of my news disks on a ccd went down it caused me a lot of pain before i found this option and turned it on. Regards, Peter -- Peter Childs --- http://www.imforei.apana.org.au/~pjchilds Finger pjchilds@al.imforei.apana.org.au for public PGP key Drag me, drop me, treat me like an object!
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