Filesystem creation with integrated bad-block detection
I wonder if it would be possible to implement under freeebsd an interesting feature which can be found in linux: mkfs.ext2(8) ... -c Check the device for bad blocks before creating the file system. If this option is specified twice, then a slower, destructive, read-write test is used instead of a fast read-only test. ... I searched the archive for this subject, and i found that simple answer that modern hard drives have the so called spare sectors, and if they cant do these reallocations transparently because they ran out of those reserved sectors - throw the drive into the trash. But what abou using freebsd on older machines with hard drives that dont support spare sectors? Having a few bad sectors doesnt mean that a 4-5 Gb driver is useless because one isnt able to mark those few sectors. ricsip ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Managing bad sectors during install
I think this 8,4 quantum is old enough to not contain so called spare sectors. So 1 bad sector means there is really only 1 bad sector. Anyway i still cant understand, why UFS cant cope with bad blocks, but 1000 year old FAT, or the newer NTFS can easyli get through the problem. The other problem: how should i mount / read-only, because i always get busy error-message? ricsip ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Managing bad sectors during install
I have 2 small problems about installing FreeBSD. 1) My HDD is a 8,4 Gb quantum, which has 1 bad sector laying on it somewhere. I created ntfs partition on it, and format detected that sector, and marked as bad so there was no problem of data loss because writing to that sector. Now, if i fdisk the whole HDD to a freebsd slice, and divide it to partitions i get an error during filesystem creation, that a bad sector was detected. The system panics, and reboots after 15 sec. My question: why isnt the UFS able to mark this/these sectors as bad, and simply not to use them? Throwing panic for one single bad sector is not an elegant way. 2) My other smaller question: If i enabled SoftUpdates at install-time for / but changed my mind, how can i turn it off ? I cant unmount / to change it, because its always busy (the other partitions can be unmounted easily in single user) I think these are basic problems, and should be (especially turning OFF softupdate on /) mentioned in handbook also. ricsip ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
FreeBSD 4.10Release + latest nvidia driver=problems
Oh, i forgot to tell mye system specs: AMD 2000+, Geforce 4 Ti4200, MSI KT3 Ultra2, Sb live The same problem occured on a Cel300 + Riva TNT2, Intel LX mainboard. ricsip ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
FreeBSD 4.10Release + latest nvidia driver=problems
Hi! I installed a clean FreeBSD 4.10 Release a few days ago. After finishing the install, i downloaded the latest nvidia driver (NVIDIA-FreeBSD-x86-1.0-6113.tar.gz) at once. Unzipped to /tmp and typed make install. It worked flawlessly. The module loaded correctly (kldstat), I edited the X config file (nv-nvidia) and removed the comment from module glx. (by default module dri is commented, and glcore isnt there at all). Started X, the nvidia logo is visible for a second. I installed bzflag from package, and it worked well for the first time. (got 100+ FPS, which means it uses opengl correctly) I closed bzflag after a short play, and tryed to rerun it. That time the program was terribly slow (2-3 fps, which seems to me using software mode instead of hardware acceleration.). It even coredumps if i load the kernel module pcm for my Sb Live sound card. (not loading sound modules complains it only about opening device file). Once the machine even suddenly rebooted itself, while i was away. I installed tuxracer from packages too. It even didnt start, complaining about missing opengl module. (Linux compat mode loaded properly) I also tried a new kernel, without compiled AGP options, letting the driver use its nv-agp feature. After that I read the nvidia readme file. It says using with 4.10 release i have to patch because of msync bug. Applyed the 2 patch-file, recompiled kernel with: config MYKERNEL, make buildkernel KERNCONF=MYKERNEL, installkernel KERNCONF=MYKERNEL. (nothing cvsupping) But it didnt help :( After apllying the KDE-releated patch (from the FAQ section) it couldnt even compile the kernel successfully. I am newbie at bsd, but would like to try hw accelerated 3D on my machine, any help is greatly appreciated. Thx. ricsip ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
