Re: Bad sector high on disk outside OS partition - how to handle?

On Sat, Mar 03, 2012 at 09:28:57AM +0700, Bokhan Artem wrote:
> 03.03.2012 2:34, Whit Blauvelt пишет:
> > So simply "hdparm --repair-sector 312581807" should fix? Will try. Thanks!
> Try --read-sector to be sure. Error should occur.
> 
> 
> > There have been a bunch of bug reports elsewhere about the sort of errors
> > I'm seeing, although I'm not sure if the sectors are at the end of a disk as
> > with mind. I wonder if this is all about the kernel's GPT code misfiring on
> > systems not using it?
> I'm out of discussion, it looks like trolling already.

Hey guy, thanks for the practical answer. You were immensely helpful.

But my being concerned to remove a stone in the path one has tripped over
isn't trolling, it's part of the open source ethic. In searching for clues
to what was disabling my system, I found a bunch of other reports out there
of very similar symptions - same error messages cycling in a way that
results in delay of booting by several minutes, with continued trouble
afterwards. Same failure of fsck scans to find anything wrong with the OS
partitions, or fix the problem. So it's natural to ask, "Was my problem a
one-off, or a clue to what's going wrong for a number of other people?"

Sometimes, you know, there really are kernel bugs, even obscure ones that
bite just a few people. I'm not expecting to get bit by this particular one
again - if it is one - but after taking a day of my time to narrow it down
and fix it, I'd rather spare others the same trouble, if I can contribute to
doing that.

Best,
Whit

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