inst182@tuvie (Inst.f.Techn.Informatik) (02/12/90)
Hello! We have kind of a problem: We had a system crash and now we cannot remove some directories. Among these is /etc/sys5.3 which we obviously need to recreate. salvd won't help but exits with the line ?(salvd) "sys5.3" - disk data check (OS/disk manager) What does this mean? *ANY* hints will be appreciated. Thanx in advance, mike --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael K. Gschwind root@vlsivie.at root@vlsivie.uucp ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
danny@idacom.uucp (Danny Wilson) (02/17/90)
>We have kind of a problem: We had a system crash and now we cannot remove >some directories. Among these is /etc/sys5.3 which we obviously need >to recreate. salvd won't help but exits with the line > >?(salvd) "sys5.3" - disk data check (OS/disk manager) This usually means that one or more physical blocks on the disk have been corrupted. This also is a sign of deteriorating disks - I'd be very careful over the next while watching for other such errors. You can determine the block number by using 'lsyserr'. Once you know the block number, you should mark these blocks as BAD-SPOTS (including the block before and after the affected ones) using the disk formatting routine INVOL. After adding to the badspot list, simply shutdown, salvol and reboot the node. -- Danny Wilson danny@idacom.uucp IDACOM Electronics alberta!idacom!danny Edmonton, Alberta X.400 danny@idacom.cs.ubc.cdn C A N A D A Voice +1 403 462 4545