Re: dying disk results in unusable system

On Iau, 2005-08-18 at 17:31 -0700, dean gaudet wrote: > thoughts? i'm going to hang onto this bad disk so i can try out patches... > if folks point me in the right direction(s) i could even work on fixes. One problem at least is that unlike SCSI the IDE layer never gives up on a device. That

Re: dying disk results in unusable system

On Iau, 2005-08-18 at 17:31 -0700, dean gaudet wrote: thoughts? i'm going to hang onto this bad disk so i can try out patches... if folks point me in the right direction(s) i could even work on fixes. One problem at least is that unlike SCSI the IDE layer never gives up on a device. That

dying disk results in unusable system

hi... i've run into this a bunch of times, but decided to look at it more closely today. i use IDE disks in md raid1 and/or raid5, and when one disk is dying or dead it tends to make the entire system unusable. i don't really fault md here, because i'm pretty sure there are some fundamental

dying disk results in unusable system

hi... i've run into this a bunch of times, but decided to look at it more closely today. i use IDE disks in md raid1 and/or raid5, and when one disk is dying or dead it tends to make the entire system unusable. i don't really fault md here, because i'm pretty sure there are some fundamental