[rescue] Is my drive dying?

[jkunz at unixag-kl.fh-kl.de]

On 12 Oct, Scott Newell wrote:

> 	sd0(esp0:0:0): Check Condition on opcode 28
> 	/bsd:     SENSE KEY: Soft Error
> 	/bsd:    INFO FIELD: 8057553
> Is there any way I can determine the sectors where
> the error occured, and work backwards to the inode and file?
INFO FIELD == LBN (Logical Block Number of the sector)
Make frequent backups! Don't trust that disk any longer. (Even better:
Never trust any disk.)
You may use sformat to test, reformat and repair the disk. (Sorry I
have no URL handy. It's written by the same man who wrote cdrecord. The
cdrecord home page is
http://www.fokus.gmd.de/research/cc/glone/employees/joerg.schilling/private/cdrecord.html) 
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tschuess,
          Jochen

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