Subject: Re: IDE uncorrectable errors?
To: Mike Cheponis <mac@Wireless.Com>
From: Ernst du Toit <et@houseofet.com>
List: port-i386
Date: 07/07/2002 21:13:10
You might want to run the IBM disk tools against the disk. It's a disk image on the IBM site - self booting PC-DOS disk that contains media analysis tools.
I had 'growing areas' of bad blocks on my 20GB disk. After I ran the disk tools (Note: it is COMPLETELY DESTRUCTIVE), I have not had a single error again in 6 months, so far so good :)
--et
On Fri, 5 Jul 2002 22:48:06 -0700 (PDT)
"Mike Cheponis" <mac@Wireless.Com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm getting these error messages (printed over and over on the console):
>
> This is an IBM IDE disk, 40 GB, 7200 RPM.
>
> wd0e: uncorrectable data error reading fsbn 9886848 of 9886848-9886863 (wd0 bn 16224144; cn 16095 tn 6 sn 6), retrying
>
> wd0e: uncorrectable data error reading fsbn 9886858 of 9886848-9886863 (wd0 bn 16224154; cn 16095 tn 6 sn 16), retrying
>
>
> They are always these two Block Numbers I see.
>
>
> Is there a way I can figure out which file is associated with those blocks,
> and to copy (what remains of) the file to another drive, and to delete
> the file and mark those block numbers in some sort of Bad Block table?
>
> Thanks -Mike
>
>