Disk error and recovery

[Larry Campbell]

In article <180 at focsys.UUCP> larry at focsys.UUCP (Larry Williamson) writes:
<>I saw this disk error on my console this morning. Now I'm worried.
<>
<>Disk I/O Error: Fun: 30  Cy: 220  Hd 4 Sec 12  Status: 51 Estat: 80 Drstat: A4
<>
<>Since the error is not time stamped, I have no idea when it happened...
<>I am running a two drive Microport V/AT system.  ...
<>Which drive had the I/O error? What do I do to fix the file that is now
<>corrupt? How do I find the file that is corrupt? I assume that I should
<>add this location into the bad sector map, but can I do this now without
<>re-building the system?

I had the same problem and called Microport.  Their answer (this is no joke!)
was "Just use dd to read the entire disk -- chances are you can reproduce
the error this way, and that'll tell you which disk had the error."
I am serious.  This is what they said.  This is what they call "support".
They also had nothing to say about how to find out which file might have
been affected, and whether the bad sector would be remapped or not.

How much trouble could it be to include the damn drive number in the message??

And they expect people to pay MONEY for this?
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Larry Campbell                                The Boston Software Works, Inc.
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