On Wed, 2012-02-22 at 11:25 -0500, William Case wrote: > Hi; > > I have some hard disk problems, every thing I try just keeps digging a > deeper hole. > SMART Data > > Disk HAS MANY BAD SECTORS > Backup all data and replace the disk > > Current Pending Sector Count > Number of sectors waiting to be remapped > > Problem(s) could also be mixed with my trying to set up and use LVM for > the first time. !! If anyone recognizes a LVM problem please let me > know? Could also be from physicaly switching two 500g harddrives > around? > > Diagnosis suggestions would be welcome. > > > googled for suggested fix because the disk is not that old. Got the dd > suggestion below. Looks destructive. > > dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda bs=1M conv=noerror > In case I wasn't clear,its not so much that I need a solution but need some suggestions on how to sort out which is the main problem. 1) Hardware from switching the disk's order around (channel 1 <==> channel 2 in BIOS) 2) Improperly installing or using LVM 3) Remapping 4) Hard drive really is broken. -- Regards Bill Fedora 16, Gnome 3.2.1 Evo.3.2.3, Emacs 23.3.1 -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
