Hi,
Can anyone point me on howto use fsck to marking the bad block so it won't be use to store a file? I have one hdd with the bad block running on one of my server with this problem. While I rebuild a new server to replace the hdd, I really like to have a temporary solutions for that.
Thanks in advances, regards, ijez
On Wed, 2006-03-08 at 10:17 +0800, ijez wrote:
Hi,
Can anyone point me on howto use fsck to marking the bad block so it won't be use to store a file? I have one hdd with the bad block running on one of my server with this problem. While I rebuild a new server to replace the hdd, I really like to have a temporary solutions for that.
Toss the drive ... on modern drives they use bad sector relocation to map bad sectors to hidden sectors. Once you start seeing bad sectors at the OS level the drive has run out of sectors to relocate to and is probably on it's way down the tubes.
Regards, Paul Berger
Hi Paul,
Toss the drive ... on modern drives they use bad sector relocation to map bad sectors to hidden sectors. Once you start seeing bad sectors at the OS level the drive has run out of sectors to relocate to and is probably on it's way down the tubes.
Regards, Paul Berger
Yes, I'm on the way to do that.. but I need to make sure it up at least for the weeks so I could have a time to rebuild the new one and restore the current backup.. currently, after a couple of hour or sometimes a day, the hdd was remount read-only automagicaly and the only solutions I do is reboot the server so it was properly mount read-write.. this will last for hours or day only, then I need to reboot again..
Thanks in advances, Regards, ijez
On Tuesday 07 March 2006 21:29, ijez wrote:
Yes, I'm on the way to do that.. but I need to make sure it up at least for
the weeks so I could have a time to rebuild the new one and restore the current backup.. currently, after a couple of hour or sometimes a day, the hdd was remount read-only automagicaly and the only solutions I do is reboot the server so it was properly mount read-write.. this will last for hours or day only, then I need to reboot again..
If you value your time AT ALL, you will get another HDD that's bigger than what's installed. You'll move to the new HDD following instructions that are widely available.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=linux+hard+drive+upgrade+ho...
Then, you'll throw away that old HDD before it kills you or your client base. A bad HDD is just not worth it. I generally have 5-10 used HDDs laying around, to be used for whatever. But saving data is a higher purpose than any other in a computer - and if that's questionable, the entire computer loses its value almost immediately.
I never hang onto a questionable drive.
NEVER.
-Ben
Hi Ben,
If you value your time AT ALL, you will get another HDD that's bigger than what's installed. You'll move to the new HDD following instructions that are widely available.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=linux+hard+drive+upgrade+ho...
Then, you'll throw away that old HDD before it kills you or your client base. A bad HDD is just not worth it. I generally have 5-10 used HDDs laying around, to be used for whatever. But saving data is a higher purpose than any other in a computer - and if that's questionable, the entire computer loses its value almost immediately.
I never hang onto a questionable drive.
NEVER.
-Ben
"The best way to predict the future is to invent it."
- XEROX PARC slogan, circa 1978
Thanks for your advice.. the new hdd is schedule to arrived today, I'll check the link and hopefully I could get rid of the old one by today.. lot of work to do.. anyway thank you very much to all for the advice..
Regards, ijez
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