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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