On 02/22/2012 10:56 AM, William Case wrote: > 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. > SMART talks directly to the disk, so #4 is the most likely case. Before doing anything else, make a backup. -- -- Steve -- 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
