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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!netnews.upenn.edu!blue.seas.upenn.edu!jfk From: jfk@blue.seas.upenn.edu (Natasha Petry) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: HELP! Hard Drive error Date: 7 Oct 1994 18:54:57 GMT Organization: University of Pennsylvania Lines: 33 Message-ID: <3745i1$rhb@netnews.upenn.edu> References: <1994Oct6.095544.215@turtle.apana.org.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: blue.seas.upenn.edu In article <1994Oct6.095544.215@turtle.apana.org.au>, Robert Nagy <nagy@turtle.apana.org.au> wrote: >Hello Folks, > >I got this error message and am confused which incantation of fsck to run >to remove the problem. > >Oct 6 18:03:15 turtle /386bsd: sd1(aha0:1:0): non-media hardware failure, >info = 1840553 (decimal) > >When I run fsck it tells me that block 1840553 is bad then to run fsck >manually, but what switches do I need to use to remove this block so the >system doesn't attempt to write to it? The drive is a Seagate ST12400N > What kind of SCSI adapter do you have? Most adapters provide a way to remap logical and physical blocks on drives with spare sectors and tracks. I know for a fac that the 1542CF (by adaptec) does this well (you do it through the on board configuration utility). Non-media hardware failure usually means that you're outside the limits of the drive or something was screwed up on the bus. Cheers, James >Robert >-- >------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > A Harley Davidson Fat Boy, A Good Woman, A Mean Pig Dog and FreeBSD > - Life Just Doesn't Get Any Better Than This - > nagy@turtle.apana.org.au