There is no point in taking such action. Replace the drive.
Once this begins, more blocks will go bad soon. > I'm getting console messages like: > > wd0a: uncorrectable data error reading fsbn 530469 of ... > > I found this page: > > How to repair bad sectors on HDD in OpenBSD (Part I) > > at: > > > https://www.s-vp.com/blog/post/how-to-repair-bad-sectors-on-hdd-in-openbsd-part-i > > Question 1: > Is it possible to repair "wd0a"? > Do I need another boot disk to do the repair? > I'm in the process of building another boot disk with the identical OpenBSD > version. I'm assuming it will take less time this way since I can copy the > settings from a backup. > > Question 2: > Once I build the new boot disk mentioned in Question 1 I thought I'd clone > it and keep it up to date using rsync. Is the page: > > OpenBSD 5.5 and later | cloning a disk the easy way > > at: > > > https://bytesandbones.wordpress.com/2014/09/23/openbsd-5-5-and-later-cloning-a-disk-the-easy-way/ > > Is this set of instructions complete or is there a better set of > instructions? Will this disk be bootable after cloning or do I have to > install OpenBSD on the clone first to make the disk bootable? Is this a > suitable way to maintain a spare clone of my boot disk? My data is kept on > other hard disks in my system. > > Thanks, Joe. > PS. My email web page flashed so I resent the message. I hope this gets > through. Sorry if it's a duplicate. >
