. I still
> > get the error and the system becomes unusable.
> >
> > So, my question is - and I suspect this is the case - is this a drive
> > failure or some issue with the mirroring process?
>
> It *is* a drive failure, but I don't understand all of what's
x27;ve tried
> disabling the mirror, fscking (multiple times), removing disks, and I
> just got done reinstalling (which went just fine) and resyncing. I still
> get the error and the system becomes unusable.
>
> So, my question is - and I suspect this is the case - is this a drive
done reinstalling (which went just fine) and resyncing. I still
get the error and the system becomes unusable.
So, my question is - and I suspect this is the case - is this a drive
failure or some issue with the mirroring process? I followed the ONLamp
instructions here:
http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd
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From: "Gary W. Swearingen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "K Anderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc:
Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2005 9:18 AM
Subject: Re: Stored hard drive failure?
> If you're really serious (to borrow a phrase), you&#
If you're really serious (to borrow a phrase), you'll do backup to
several different media and maybe different formats. With RAID or
backup to an always-powered second HDD, you can loose all of your
disks if the case power supply or MB fails in certain ways. (I know
someone who lost a disk when t
On Oct 5, 2005, at 1:44 AM, K Anderson wrote:
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To: "K Anderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc:
Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2005 12:20 AM
Subject: Re: Stored hard drive failure?
At Wed, 5 Oct 2005 it looks like K Anderson composed:
Hey folks,
I thought a saw a thread on something like this but I can't seem to find it
so I figure I might as well ask and see what turns up.
The scenario:
I use a hard drive to mirror my main hard drive. I then pull the alternate
hard driv
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To:
Cc: "K Anderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2005 1:01 AM
Subject: Re: Stored hard drive failure?
>>>>>> On Wed, 5 Oct 2005 00:44:36 -
On Wed, 5 Oct 2005, K Anderson wrote:
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From: "Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "K Anderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc:
Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2005 12:20 AM
Subject: Re: Stored hard drive failure?
On Oct
> On Wed, 5 Oct 2005 00:44:36 -0700,
> "K Anderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> Not sure how long I'm storing them (See above question where I asked -- How
> long can the HD sit on the shelf... and the other questions seemed to be
> editted out). But you're right the info could beco
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From: "Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "K Anderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc:
Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2005 12:20 AM
Subject: Re: Stored hard drive failure?
>
> On Oct 5, 2005, at 1:13 AM, K Anderson wr
On Oct 5, 2005, at 1:13 AM, K Anderson wrote:
Hey folks,
I thought a saw a thread on something like this but I can't seem to
find it
so I figure I might as well ask and see what turns up.
The scenario:
I use a hard drive to mirror my main hard drive. I then pull the
alternate
hard drive
Hey folks,
I thought a saw a thread on something like this but I can't seem to find it
so I figure I might as well ask and see what turns up.
The scenario:
I use a hard drive to mirror my main hard drive. I then pull the alternate
hard drive off the system and store it for later use should the
>
> > > I dont know what this option means - does this matter?
> > >
> > > -B Install the `boot0' boot manager. This option causes MBR
> > > code to
> > > be replaced, without affecting the embedded slice table.
> >
> > Sounds like just what you said you wanted.
>
>
>
>
Sorry if this was verified before but this output from the boot0cfg
command - looks okay right?
typhoon# boot0cfg -B -v -b /mnt/ad2-root/boot/boot0 /dev/ad2
# flag start chs type end chs offset size
1 0x80 0: 1: 1 0xa5464: 15:63 63150136497
> > I dont know what this option means - does this matter?
> >
> > -B Install the `boot0' boot manager. This option causes MBR
> > code to
> > be replaced, without affecting the embedded slice table.
>
> Sounds like just what you said you wanted.
Hi Jerry,
What does "wit
>
> also how do I ID the second drive? Am I doing this correcly?
>
I don't know what you mean by ID-ing the second drive.
jerry
>
> typhoon# fdisk -sv ad2
> /dev/ad2: 148945 cyl 16 hd 63 sec
> PartStartSize Type Flags
>1: 63 150136497 0xa5 0x80
> typhoon#
>
> > Try mounting and reading some of the stuff from that disk and
> > see if you can get to it.
> >
> > Then try boot0cfg(8)
>
>
> I dont know what this option means - does this matter?
>
> -B Install the `boot0' boot manager. This option causes MBR
> code to
> be
>
> So Jerry,
>
>
> this is the proper output then?
>
> typhoon# fdisk -I -B -b /mnt/ad2-root/boot/boot0 ad2
> *** Working on device /dev/ad2 ***
> typhoon#
>
>
> some mount details seems relevant
>
> typhoon# fdisk -I -B -b /mnt/ad2-root/boot/boot0 ad2
I think you want -b /boot/boo
So Jerry,
this is the proper output then?
typhoon# fdisk -I -B -b /mnt/ad2-root/boot/boot0 ad2
*** Working on device /dev/ad2 ***
typhoon#
some mount details seems relevant
typhoon# fdisk -I -B -b /mnt/ad2-root/boot/boot0 ad2
typhoon# mount
/dev/ad0s1a on / (ufs, local)
/dev/ad0s1
> Hi,
>
> my current system drive is having difficulties some files that were
> in great shape are now EBADF. This drive is known as ad0 (yup IDE)
>
> So I installed a new drive and have moved all files over to it. The
> new drive is known as ad2.
>
> Is my fdisk usage here proper? Is this th
Hi,
my current system drive is having difficulties some files that were
in great shape are now EBADF. This drive is known as ad0 (yup IDE)
So I installed a new drive and have moved all files over to it. The
new drive is known as ad2.
Is my fdisk usage here proper? Is this the proper respons
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