On Wed, Jul 16, 2003 at 03:47:25AM +0200, Harald Schmalzbauer wrote: > Now after resetting the machine which was hung by "sysinstall" it claims > that ad4 (one of two mirrored 30GB 2.5" disks" was absent (see dmesg below) > Now the controller warns me that one drive is bad (which in fact is > definatley not) and allows me to select "continue boot" If the controler says it's bad, it may well be. > Now please give me a hint what to do. This is my brand new fileserver which > collected all improtant data from the last decade and since it's brand new I > didn't manage any backup. > When testing the hardware (unplugging one drive while the machine was > running) I had the same error but I thought that would never happen under > normal circumstances. Are those disks installed in hotswap enclosures (they usually have a keyswitch)? If not you probably hosed your disk. ATA is not hotswapable! -- Brooks
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