From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264552AbTDYAAy (ORCPT ); Thu, 24 Apr 2003 20:00:54 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264551AbTDXX72 (ORCPT ); Thu, 24 Apr 2003 19:59:28 -0400 Received: from A17-250-248-89.apple.com ([17.250.248.89]:23249 "EHLO smtpout.mac.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264549AbTDXX6z (ORCPT ); Thu, 24 Apr 2003 19:58:55 -0400 Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2003 10:11:33 +1000 Subject: Re: Are linux-fs's drive-fault-tolerant by concept? Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v552) Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org To: Florian Weimer From: Stewart Smith In-Reply-To: <87lly6flrz.fsf@deneb.enyo.de> Message-Id: <791E70DC-76B2-11D7-BE62-00039346F142@mac.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.552) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sunday, April 20, 2003, at 03:18 AM, Florian Weimer wrote: > IDE disks automatically remap defective sectors, so you won't see any > of them unless the disk is already quite broken. IIRC: A drive that has trouble reading a sector will remap it. If the sector is dead and it can't read it at all, you're screwed and you don't get your data. This is why you still see 'unreadable sector' error messages from your drive. ------------------------------ Stewart Smith stewartsmith@mac.com Ph: +61 4 3884 4332 ICQ: 6734154