[parisc-linux] Disk problems
Derek Engelhaupt
derekengelhaupt@rocketmail.com
Fri, 22 Nov 2002 17:52:34 -0800 (PST)
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Well quit putting them in those darn macs....just kidding. Who makes the disk? IBM has certain tools like their drive fitness tests that has saved me a few times. Seagate and others probably have similar tools. Check their support sites and it may just be a matter of the wrong block size written by your mac. IBM drives are especially notorious for having weird block sizes and such.
derek
James Smith <james@compusmithllc.com> wrote:I just got a pile of 712/60's - $80 for 10 of em :)
i've set one up & now i'm going through the disks one at a time &
cloning them as its quicker than going through the install each time
i've hit one disk that gives me this whenever i try to fdisk it
sixty:~# fdisk /dev/sdb
Unable to read /dev/sdb
when i tried to zero the disk, i got this....
sixty:~# dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdb count=1 bs=512
dd: writing `/dev/sdb': Input/output error
1+0 records in
0+0 records out
the console sees the disk when i use search
does this indicate a dead disk?
the disk was ok until i put it into a mac......
James S
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<P>Well quit putting them in those darn macs....just kidding. Who makes the disk? IBM has certain tools like their drive fitness tests that has saved me a few times. Seagate and others probably have similar tools. Check their support sites and it may just be a matter of the wrong block size written by your mac. IBM drives are especially notorious for having weird block sizes and such.
<P>derek
<P> <B><I>James Smith <james@compusmithllc.com></I></B> wrote:
<BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">I just got a pile of 712/60's - $80 for 10 of em :)<BR><BR><BR>i've set one up & now i'm going through the disks one at a time &<BR>cloning them as its quicker than going through the install each time<BR><BR><BR>i've hit one disk that gives me this whenever i try to fdisk it <BR><BR><BR>sixty:~# fdisk /dev/sdb<BR><BR>Unable to read /dev/sdb<BR><BR><BR>when i tried to zero the disk, i got this....<BR><BR>sixty:~# dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdb count=1 bs=512 <BR>dd: writing `/dev/sdb': Input/output error<BR>1+0 records in<BR>0+0 records out<BR><BR>the console sees the disk when i use search <BR><BR>does this indicate a dead disk?<BR><BR>the disk was ok until i put it into a mac......<BR><BR>James S<BR><BR><BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>parisc-linux mailing list<BR>parisc-linux@lists.parisc-linux.org<BR>http://lists.parisc-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/parisc-linux</BLOCKQUOTE><p><br><hr size=1>Do you Yahoo!?<br>
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