Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263855AbTKXTYg (ORCPT ); Mon, 24 Nov 2003 14:24:36 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263857AbTKXTYg (ORCPT ); Mon, 24 Nov 2003 14:24:36 -0500 Received: from ipcop.bitmover.com ([192.132.92.15]:5549 "EHLO work.bitmover.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263855AbTKXTYe (ORCPT ); Mon, 24 Nov 2003 14:24:34 -0500 Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2003 11:24:32 -0800 From: Larry McVoy To: Ricky Beam Cc: Larry McVoy , Linux Kernel Mail List Subject: Re: data from kernel.bkbits.net Message-ID: <20031124192432.GA20839@work.bitmover.com> Mail-Followup-To: Larry McVoy , Ricky Beam , Larry McVoy , Linux Kernel Mail List References: <20031124155034.GA13896@work.bitmover.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1677 Lines: 33 On Mon, Nov 24, 2003 at 02:17:44PM -0500, Ricky Beam wrote: > On Mon, 24 Nov 2003, Larry McVoy wrote: > >Sorry to be short but I already said that I'd eliminated this source of > >error. What did you think I was doing all weekend? > > Let me be equally short. Your original message gave no details of what > debugging steps had been taken. (I can assume you would know what you're > doing, but frankly, I could be wrong.) You venture a guess that the > system had been h4x0r3d in some inventive way to prevent your attempts > to recover data and proceed to paste error messages from the 3ware > driver that indicate a problem with the hardware (either driver bug, > cabling, controller, or channel on that controller) including the > drive itself. > > Please do not attribute to hackers what is simply a half dead drive. So, > was the machine powered down for an extended period as I aluded? (to > preserve the machine until someone had time to look at it.) As I said, *both* drives have extensive file system problems. No, the machine was not powered down for a long time, and no, neither of these drives are old, and no, they are not from the same factory batch (they aren't even the same vendor, one is a Maxtor and the other is a Seagate), and yes, I of course tried different cable/controller/machine combos. Any other questions? -- --- Larry McVoy lm at bitmover.com http://www.bitmover.com/lm - 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/