Date: Fri, 03 Jan 2003 00:49:18 +0100 From: Matthias Andree <matthias.andree@gmx.de> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Saving a partially rotten IBM DTLA-307030 Harddisk Message-ID: <m3ptrft8n5.fsf@merlin.emma.line.org> In-Reply-To: <20030102233714.GA729@Deadcell.ant> (Andreas Ntaflos's message of "Fri, 3 Jan 2003 00:37:14 %2B0100") References: <20030102205040.GC22880@Deadcell.ant> <200301021511.56577.duhring@charter.net> <20030102233714.GA729@Deadcell.ant>
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Andreas Ntaflos <ant@overclockers.at> writes: > 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. Nope. It hid the problems at the expense of spare sectors. Backup your data and have the drive replaced. See the pertinent DTLA FAQs on the web. These drives need special treatment. -- Matthias Andree To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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