Re: Fwd: Complete disk disaster

2005-08-23 Thread Marco Peereboom 
That is bad advice.

On Tue, Aug 23, 2005 at 11:46:14AM +0200, Jernej Vodopivec wrote:
 forgot to cc:
 
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 From: Jernej Vodopivec [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Date: Aug 23, 2005 11:45 AM
 Subject: Re: Complete disk disaster
 To: Ramiro Aceves [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 
 
 On 8/23/05, Ramiro Aceves [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
  ...Do you know of any disk test or utility program that can stress the disk
  to work hard until it fails?
 
 try badblocks - I don't know if it is ported on OpenBSD but you can
 find it on knoppix cd
 
 Jernej

Re: Fwd: Complete disk disaster

2005-08-23 Thread Jernej Vodopivec 
Please be more specific: 
That is bad advice because

Thank you.

On 8/23/05, Marco Peereboom [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 That is bad advice.
 
 On Tue, Aug 23, 2005 at 11:46:14AM +0200, Jernej Vodopivec wrote:
  forgot to cc:
 
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  From: Jernej Vodopivec [EMAIL PROTECTED]
  Date: Aug 23, 2005 11:45 AM
  Subject: Re: Complete disk disaster
  To: Ramiro Aceves [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 
 
  On 8/23/05, Ramiro Aceves [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
   ...Do you know of any disk test or utility program that can stress the 
   disk
   to work hard until it fails?
  
  try badblocks - I don't know if it is ported on OpenBSD but you can
  find it on knoppix cd
 
  Jernej

Re: Fwd: Complete disk disaster

2005-08-23 Thread Ramiro Aceves 
Jernej Vodopivec wrote:
 forgot to cc:
 
 -- Forwarded message --
 From: Jernej Vodopivec [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Date: Aug 23, 2005 11:45 AM
 Subject: Re: Complete disk disaster
 To: Ramiro Aceves [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 
 
 On 8/23/05, Ramiro Aceves [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 
...Do you know of any disk test or utility program that can stress the disk
to work hard until it fails?

 
 try badblocks - I don't know if it is ported on OpenBSD but you can
 find it on knoppix cd
 
 Jernej
 
 

Hello Jernej

I have just ran the badblocks utility from my Debian GNU/Linux on the
master disk. Before, I made a copy of the OpenBSD disk just in case
someone wants info.
I have done several write-read test passes with random bytes. Each pass
takes some time. At the moment it did not find any bad block. But as
with every test package, it does not imply that the disk is ok. :-(
I was unlucky and for some reason the disk failed and corrupted data. I
do not trust on this disk anymore. I am going to have a full night disk
testing with badblocks just to see what happens. Tomorrow I will
install OpenBSD again and start stressing the disk to see.

Many thanks to all.

Ramiro.

Re: Fwd: Complete disk disaster

2005-08-23 Thread Martin Schröder 
On 2005-08-23 20:40:20 +0200, Jernej Vodopivec wrote:
 Please be more specific: 
 That is bad advice because

Please learn to quote.

If badblocks actually reports bad blocks, the hd is broken and
must be replaced.

Best
Martin
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