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Re: I/O errors



On Sat, 23 Jan 1999, Stanislav Malyshev a.k.a Frodo wrote:

> > I found another file today which has the same problem - "Input/output
> > error".  This is not good.  Any idea what's going  on?  Both files are mail
> > folders used by an IMAP server.
> > 
> > I should also mention that the harddisk gives a lot of "recovered scsi i/o
> > errors".  Is it time for a new harddisk?
> 
> >From my experience, it's time for full backup *now*, and then looking for
> a new harddisk. If you continue working with faulty HD, you risk head
> crash (if the fault is mechanical) - which usually means loss of all data
> on all the disk.
> 
> With SCSI, on the other side, I heard about faulty cabling, so it might be
> still to your disk. 
> 
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> 
> 
> 

I concur with Frodo. I've had some bad experience with this type of error
but I found that it was the controller and not the disk. First try the
disk on another machine before you assume that it is faulty. Then check
the controller.

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