From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from cuda.sgi.com (cuda2.sgi.com [192.48.176.25]) by oss.sgi.com (8.14.3/8.14.3/SuSE Linux 0.8) with ESMTP id o4CCgp66163411 for ; Wed, 12 May 2010 07:42:51 -0500 Received: from n3-vm0.bullet.mail.gq1.yahoo.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by cuda.sgi.com (Spam Firewall) with SMTP id 3F196339096 for ; Wed, 12 May 2010 05:45:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: from n3-vm0.bullet.mail.gq1.yahoo.com (n3-vm0.bullet.mail.gq1.yahoo.com [67.195.23.156]) by cuda.sgi.com with SMTP id nEP9EZ2G1sMklVFC for ; Wed, 12 May 2010 05:45:04 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <14845.20130.qm@web112901.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> References: <28512276.post@talk.nabble.com> <4BE82955.2080009@sandeen.net> <978493.86662.qm@web112902.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> <20100510222211.3e73cdeb@galadriel.home> <132290.52744.qm@web112902.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> <20100512142902.47d1022a@harpe.intellique.com> Date: Wed, 12 May 2010 05:45:03 -0700 (PDT) From: Leo Davis Subject: Re: bad primary superblock - bad magic number !!! In-Reply-To: <20100512142902.47d1022a@harpe.intellique.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 List-Id: XFS Filesystem from SGI List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============5191667099034534096==" Sender: xfs-bounces@oss.sgi.com Errors-To: xfs-bounces@oss.sgi.com To: Emmanuel Florac Cc: xfs@oss.sgi.com --===============5191667099034534096== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="0-839393850-1273668303=:20130" --0-839393850-1273668303=:20130 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > So is I do a - dd if=3D/dev/random of=3Ddev/cciss/c0d2 , that should fail= =0A> and therby confirm that the drive or array has issues...do i make any= =0A> sense here?=0A=0A>Uh, you should try the other way around to avoid bre= aking the=0A>filesystem :=0A=0A>dd if=3D/dev/cciss/c0d2 of=3D/dev/null bs= =3D131072=0A=0A>If no error occurs it should be OK.=0A=0A# dd if=3D/dev/cci= ss/c0d2 of=3D/dev/null bs=3D131072=0A796+1 records in=0A796+1 records out= =0A#=0A=0Adoesn't show any errors here ......=0A=0A> havent had much succes= s with testing the hard drives, tried mhdd &=0A> seatools with no luck yet.= =0A=0A>What do you mean? Does the tools report any problem with the drives?= =0A=0Amhdd doesnt detect the drives, probably an issue with chipset...still= looking for tools=0A=0Athanks=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A________________________= ________=0AFrom: Emmanuel Florac =0ATo: Leo Davis <= leo1783@yahoo.com>=0ACc: xfs@oss.sgi.com=0ASent: Wed, May 12, 2010 1:29:02 = PM=0ASubject: Re: bad primary superblock - bad magic number !!!=0A=0ALe Wed= , 12 May 2010 02:19:16 -0700 (PDT)=0ALeo Davis =E9criva= it:=0A=0A> havent had much success with testing the hard drives, tried mhdd= &=0A> seatools with no luck yet.=0A=0AWhat do you mean? Does the tools rep= ort any problem with the drives?=0A=0A> So is I do a - dd if=3D/dev/random = of=3Ddev/cciss/c0d2 , that should fail=0A> and therby confirm that the driv= e or array has issues...do i make any=0A> sense here?=0A=0AUh, you should t= ry the other way around to avoid breaking the=0Afilesystem :=0A=0Add if=3D/= dev/cciss/c0d2 of=3D/dev/null bs=3D131072=0A=0AIf no error occurs it should= be OK.=0A=0A-- =0A--------------------------------------------------------= ----------------=0AEmmanuel Florac | Direction technique=0A = | Intellique=0A | =0A | +33 1 78 94 84 02=0A---------------------------= ---------------------------------------------=0A=0A=0A=0A --0-839393850-1273668303=:20130 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
> So is I do a - dd if=3D/dev/random of=3Ddev/cciss/c0= d2 , that should fail
> and therby confirm that the drive or array ha= s issues...do i make any
> sense here?

>Uh, you should try = the other way around to avoid breaking the
>filesystem :

>d= d if=3D/dev/cciss/c0d2 of=3D/dev/null bs=3D131072

>If no error oc= curs it should be OK.

# dd if=3D/dev/cciss/c0d2 of=3D/dev/null bs=3D= 131072
796+1 records in
796+1 records out
#

doesn't show an= y errors here ......

> havent had much success with testing the h= ard drives, tried mhdd &
> seatools with no luck yet.

>= What do you mean? Does the tools report any problem with the drives?
mhdd doesnt detect the drives, probably an issue with chipset...still look= ing for tools

thanks



From: Emmanuel Florac <eflorac@intellique.com>
To: Leo Davis <leo1783@yahoo.com>
Cc: xfs@oss.sgi.com
Sent: Wed, May 12, 2010 1:29:02 PM<= br>Subject: Re: bad primar= y superblock - bad magic number !!!

=0ALe Wed, 12 May 2010 02= :19:16 -0700 (PDT)
Leo Davis <leo1783@yahoo.com> =E9crivait:
> havent had much success with testing the hard drives, tried mhdd = &
> seatools with no luck yet.

What do you mean? Does the = tools report any problem with the drives?

> So is I do a - dd if= =3D/dev/random of=3Ddev/cciss/c0d2 , that should fail
> and therby co= nfirm that the drive or array has issues...do i make any
> sense here= ?

Uh, you should try the other way around to avoid breaking the
f= ilesystem :

dd if=3D/dev/cciss/c0d2 of=3D/dev/null bs=3D131072
If no error occurs it should be OK.

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