Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2003 00:37:14 +0100 From: Andreas Ntaflos <ant@overclockers.at> To: Dave Uhring <duhring@charter.net> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Saving a partially rotten IBM DTLA-307030 Harddisk Message-ID: <20030102233714.GA729@Deadcell.ant> In-Reply-To: <200301021511.56577.duhring@charter.net> References: <20030102205040.GC22880@Deadcell.ant> <200301021511.56577.duhring@charter.net>
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On Thu, Jan 02, 2003 at 03:11:56PM -0600, Dave Uhring wrote: > On Thursday 02 January 2003 02:50 pm, Andreas Ntaflos wrote: > > Hello list (sorry for crossposting, hope I am doing the right thing), > > > > I've got the following problem which I hope someone could help me > > with: One of my boxes running FreeBSD 4.7-STABLE has an IBM > > DTLA-307030 (30GB) which worked very well for more than 2 years now, > > but I think it starts rotting away according the following: > > Download the dft utility from IBM. > > http://www.storage.ibm.com/hdd/support/download.htm > > When you get the failure code e-mail IBM and get the drive replaced if > it is less than 3 years old. Wow, that worked like a charm, the Disk Fitness Test was able to repair the bad sectors without any major problems. Really good. Thanks a lot for that! -- Andreas "ant" Ntaflos | "A cynic is a man who knows the price of ant@overclockers.at | everything, and the value of nothing." Vienna, AUSTRIA | Oscar Wilde To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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