From: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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To: | Andrew Sullivan <andrew(at)libertyrms(dot)info> |
Cc: | pg <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: Serious Crash last Friday |
Date: | 2002-07-11 01:39:16 |
Message-ID: | 200207110139.g6B1dGg17806@candle.pha.pa.us |
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Andrew Sullivan wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 10, 2002 at 02:51:00PM +0200, Henrik Steffen wrote:
> > excuse me, but what is a "non-destructive badblocks (or
> > whatever) test" - and how can I do this?
>
> If you're using linux, try "man badblocks".
>
> On Solaris, a similar command is diskscan.
>
> Other systems will have other names. I can't recall how to do this
> on BSD, and I can't find anything in my local man db at the moment.
> I'll bet someone else here knows.
My Buslogic/Mylex SCSI controller card beeps when it hits a bad SCSI
block. I didn't know what that sound was until about the 10th time.
:-)
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