Badblocks found, now what?
antonio tuozzo
at.com at utopianet.net
Wed Oct 6 08:39:10 UTC 2004
Matt Gross wrote:
>Hi everyone,
>
>I noticed the following dma_intr errors in my system log
>and then did a search on google for an explination
>(complete list of errors truncated for brevity, but more
>of the same):
>
>Oct 5 03:09:32 hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady
>SeekComplete Error }
>Oct 5 03:09:32 hda: dma_intr: error=0x40
>{UncorrectableError }, CHS=13542/0/89, sector=3255040
>Oct 5 03:09:32 end_request: I/O error, dev
>03:02(hda),sector 3255040
>
>A suggestion found on google was to check the blocks on
>the disk with badblocks. This I have done and turned up 4
>bad blocks. My question is, now what? Is my disk going
>to die?
>
yes!
>Is there a way to find out what files are stored
>in those bad blocks?
>
maybe!
>Can I simply mark those blocks as
>bad and continue using the drive?
>
>
>
A workaround is: take notes of sector numbers and re-partition the disk
avoiding bad sectors. However, sooner or later it will be broken off
>Thanks in advance for the help,
>
>Matt
>
>
>
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