Re: wd0(wdc1:0:0): timeout on openbsd 4.0 macppc

2008-09-02 Thread Travers Buda
* Ted Unangst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008-09-02 22:56:49]: > On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 10:31 PM, Travers Buda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > If imaging a failing disk is what you really want, then I recommend ddrescue > > http://www.gnu.org/software/ddrescue/ddrescue.html > > gnu bleh. > > Not sure wh

Re: wd0(wdc1:0:0): timeout on openbsd 4.0 macppc

2008-09-02 Thread Ted Unangst
On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 10:31 PM, Travers Buda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If imaging a failing disk is what you really want, then I recommend ddrescue > http://www.gnu.org/software/ddrescue/ddrescue.html > gnu bleh. Not sure what ddresuce means by "trying hard" to read a device, but it really can

Re: wd0(wdc1:0:0): timeout on openbsd 4.0 macppc

2008-09-02 Thread Travers Buda
* Khalid Schofield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008-09-02 11:02:21]: > On 1 Sep 2008, at 22:41, johan beisser wrote: > >> On Sep 1, 2008, at 11:44 AM, Khalid Schofield wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> I'm running openbsd 4.0 (yeh old I know but it's a vital system that >>> I'm replacing but it processes data that

Re: wd0(wdc1:0:0): timeout on openbsd 4.0 macppc

2008-09-02 Thread Nick Holland
Khalid Schofield wrote: > On 1 Sep 2008, at 22:41, johan beisser wrote: > >> On Sep 1, 2008, at 11:44 AM, Khalid Schofield wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> I'm running openbsd 4.0 (yeh old I know but it's a vital system >>> that I'm replacing but it processes data that makes a lot of money). >> >> Better r

Re: wd0(wdc1:0:0): timeout on openbsd 4.0 macppc

2008-09-02 Thread Stuart Henderson
On 2008-09-02, Khalid Schofield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If I want to clone the disk can I just cat /dev/sd0 > /dev/sd1 if I > boot off the install cd? dd if=/dev/rsd0c of=/dev/rsd1c This will limit you to the size of the smaller drive. It is better to (fdisk)/disklabel/newfs/mount partitio

Re: wd0(wdc1:0:0): timeout on openbsd 4.0 macppc

2008-09-02 Thread Jan Stary
> >>I'm running openbsd 4.0 (yeh old I know but it's a vital system > >>that I'm replacing but it processes data that makes a lot of money). > > > >Better replace the disk tomorrow, then. Or, implement the software > >on a new system, and take the hit on some downtime while it's being > >repl

Re: wd0(wdc1:0:0): timeout on openbsd 4.0 macppc

2008-09-02 Thread Khalid Schofield
On 1 Sep 2008, at 22:41, johan beisser wrote: On Sep 1, 2008, at 11:44 AM, Khalid Schofield wrote: Hi, I'm running openbsd 4.0 (yeh old I know but it's a vital system that I'm replacing but it processes data that makes a lot of money). Better replace the disk tomorrow, then. Or, implement

Re: wd0(wdc1:0:0): timeout on openbsd 4.0 macppc

2008-09-01 Thread johan beisser
On Sep 1, 2008, at 11:44 AM, Khalid Schofield wrote: Hi, I'm running openbsd 4.0 (yeh old I know but it's a vital system that I'm replacing but it processes data that makes a lot of money). Better replace the disk tomorrow, then. Or, implement the software on a new system, and take the hit

Re: wd0(wdc1:0:0): timeout on openbsd 4.0 macppc

2008-09-01 Thread Fred Crowson
Khalid Schofield wrote: Hi, I'm running openbsd 4.0 (yeh old I know but it's a vital system that I'm replacing but it processes data that makes a lot of money). I'm getting these errors in dmesg. Should I be freaked out that the disk is failing or is it something else? I have tar backups but