addbadsec man page on SmartOS

Man page or keyword search:  
man Server   16655 pages
apropos Keyword Search (all sections)
Output format
SmartOS logo
[printable version]

ADDBADSEC(1M)							 ADDBADSEC(1M)

NAME
       addbadsec - map out defective disk blocks

SYNOPSIS
       addbadsec [-p] [-a blkno [blkno]...] [-f filename] raw_device

DESCRIPTION
       addbadsec  is  used  by	the  system  administrator to map out bad disk
       blocks.	Normally, these blocks are identified during surface analysis,
       but  occasionally  the disk subsystem reports unrecoverable data errors
       indicating a bad block. A block number reported in this way can be  fed
       directly into addbadsec, and the block will be remapped. addbadsec will
       first attempt hardware remapping. This is supported on SCSI drives  and
       takes  place at the disk hardware level. If the target is an IDE drive,
       then software remapping is used. In order  for  software	 remapping  to
       succeed,	 the  partition must contain an alternate slice and there must
       be room in this slice to perform the mapping.

       It should be understood that bad blocks lead to data loss. Remapping  a
       defective  block	 does not repair a damaged file. If a bad block occurs
       to a disk-resident file system structure	 such  as  a  superblock,  the
       entire slice might have to be recovered from a backup.

OPTIONS
       The following options are supported:

       -a
	     Adds  the	specified  blocks  to the hardware or software map. If
	     more than one block number is specified, the entire  list	should
	     be quoted and block numbers should be separated by white space.

       -f
	     Adds  the	specified  blocks to the hardware or software map. The
	     bad blocks are listed, one per line, in the specified file.

       -p
	     Causes addbadsec to print the current software  map.  The	output
	     shows the defective block and the assigned alternate. This option
	     cannot be used to print the hardware map.

OPERANDS
       The following operand is supported:

       raw_device
		     The address of the disk drive (see FILES).

FILES
       The raw device should be /dev/rdsk/c?[t?]d?p0.  See  disks(1M)  for  an
       explanation of SCSI and IDE device naming conventions.

SEE ALSO
       disks(1M),    diskscan(1M),    fdisk(1M),    fmthard(1M),   format(1M),
       attributes(5)

NOTES
       The format(1M) utility is available  to	format,	 label,	 analyze,  and
       repair  SCSI  disks.  This  utility  is	included  with	the addbadsec,
       diskscan(1M), fdisk(1M), and fmthard(1M) commands available for x86. To
       format  an  IDE disk, use the  DOS "format" utility; however, to label,
       analyze, or repair IDE disks on x86 systems, use the Solaris format(1M)
       utility.

				 Feb 24, 1998			 ADDBADSEC(1M)
[top]

List of man pages available for SmartOS

Copyright (c) for man pages and the logo by the respective OS vendor.

For those who want to learn more, the polarhome community provides shell access and support.

[legal] [privacy] [GNU] [policy] [cookies] [netiquette] [sponsors] [FAQ]
Tweet
Polarhome, production since 1999.
Member of Polarhome portal.
Based on Fawad Halim's script.
....................................................................
Vote for polarhome
Free Shell Accounts :: the biggest list on the net