[Sunhelp] Problem on external Hard Drive

[Bertrand Hutin]

Aryanto Rachmad wrote:
> 
> Hello All,
> 
> I have a problem with SCSI external hardisk of my Sun SPARC/10.
> I received this following message after I reboot this machine:
> 
>  .
> /dev/rdsk/c0t5d0s7: CANNOT READ: BLK 16
> /dev/rdsk/c0t5d0s7: UNEXPECTED INCONSISTENCY; RUN fsck MANUALLY
>  .
> 
> But after I executed the fsck command, I got this message:
> 
> # fsck -F ufs /dev/rdsk/c0t5d0s7
> ** /dev/rdsk/c0t5d0s7
> 
> CANNOT READ: BLK 16
> CONTINUE? yes
> 
> THE FOLLOWING SECTORS COULD NOT BE READ: 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23
>  24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
> #
> 
> So, I decided to re-format this hardisk using format command, but
> the problem still occur. I have already tried to change the partition
> and format it again, but it still did not fix the problem.
> 
> Do I need to do a low level format? If so, how to do a low level
> format on Solaris 2.5.1 environment? Could someone tell me how to
> include this bad block in the defect list? Could you please give
> some advice what should I do?
> 
> The following is the configuration of that hardisk:
> 
> format> inquiry
> Vendor:   SEAGATE
> Product:  ST11200N SUN1.05
> Revision: 9500
> 
> format> current
> Current Disk = c0t5d0
> <SUN1.05 cyl 2036 alt 2 hd 14 sec 72>
> /iommu at f,e0000000/sbus at f,e0001000/espdma at f,400000/esp at f,800000/sd at 5,0
> 
> # prtvtoc /dev/rdsk/c0t5d0s7
> * /dev/rdsk/c0t5d0s7 partition map
> *
> * Dimensions:
> *     512 bytes/sector
> *      72 sectors/track
> *      14 tracks/cylinder
> *    1008 sectors/cylinder
> *    2038 cylinders
> *    2036 accessible cylinders
> *
> * Flags:
> *   1: unmountable
> *  10: read-only
> *
> *                          First     Sector    Last
> * Partition  Tag  Flags    Sector     Count    Sector  Mount Directory
>        0      2    00          0   2052288   2052287
> #
> 
> Thank you very much in advance for your advice.
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Anto
> 
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Your disk is probably dead.
try a read write test (sub menu analyse in format)

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Bertrand Hutin, Responsable Informatique Interne / MIS
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