RE: disk problems or false alarm??

From: Alexander Dalloz (alexander.dalloz_at_uni-bielefeld.de)
Date: 04/30/04

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    Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2004 21:46:19 +0200
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    Am Fr, den 30.04.2004 schrieb Guolin Cheng um 21:01:

    > Hi, jludwig,
    >
    > Thanks for your helpful information.
    >
    > Because I'm running Linux, so I assume there are no viruses. Then comes
    > several questions:
    >
    > 1, How can I know whether all the spare sectors are in use and the disk
    > will lose data, or it is just the beginning of disk failure?
    >
    > 2, How I can identify that the hard drive becomes dying at the first
    > minute?

    Use the drive sanity check tool by the drive manufacturer. Hitachi/IBM,
    Maxtor, WD, they all have such a tool.

    > 3, How to identify the malfunctioning hard drives? Should I idle the
    > machine and test hard drives one by one to figure it out? Mostly it is
    > the faiure-reporting hard drive failed, but I remember for sure, in a
    > few cases, other alternative hard drives failed instead.

    hda = master on primary controller
    hdb = slave on primary controller
    hdc = master on secondary controller
    ...

    > 4, Should I replace hard drives when I first see this kind of disk error
    > messages in case data begin to lose?

    First check its state with a tool and other facts like cables. Very old
    hard drives can only have problems with DMA. You may use hdparm to check
    drive's setup.

    > Thanks a LOT...
    >
    > Guolin Cheng

    Alexander 

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