Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 6 Sep 2002 16:25:46 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 6 Sep 2002 16:25:46 -0400 Received: from pc1-cwma1-5-cust128.swa.cable.ntl.com ([80.5.120.128]:8182 "EHLO irongate.swansea.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 6 Sep 2002 16:25:45 -0400 Subject: Re: ide drive dying? From: Alan Cox To: Daniel Egger Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <1031333604.11356.7.camel@sonja.de.interearth.com> References: <200209061713.51387.devilkin-lkml@blindguardian.org> <1031326689.9861.45.camel@irongate.swansea.linux.org.uk> <1031333604.11356.7.camel@sonja.de.interearth.com> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.0.8 (1.0.8-6) Date: 06 Sep 2002 21:31:25 +0100 Message-Id: <1031344285.9861.81.camel@irongate.swansea.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 886 Lines: 19 On Fri, 2002-09-06 at 18:33, Daniel Egger wrote: > Am Fre, 2002-09-06 um 17.38 schrieb Alan Cox: > > > Get the IBM disk tools, upgrade the firmware and see what the ibm tools > > have to say. IBM drives have had some problems with spontaneous bad > > blocks appearing that go away with new firmware and a run of the disk > > tools. > > The "run of the disk tools" that does away with the badblocks is a > lowlevel format; a tedious way to spent ones' time on a harddrive > that will die anyway soon. For the IBM's it depends what the problem is. Spontaneous bad blocks appearing during power off appears to be fixed by the firmware update - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/