https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/bad-disk/m-p/3697859#M617433 Hi i have a i/o error ona disk and suspect bad blocks. How do i confirm it.<BR /><BR /> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 17:30:25 GMT vinay_26 2005-12-25T17:30:25Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/bad-disk/m-p/3697859#M617433 Hi i have a i/o error ona disk and suspect bad blocks. How do i confirm it.<BR /><BR /> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 17:30:25 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/bad-disk/m-p/3697859#M617433 vinay_26 2005-12-25T17:30:25Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/bad-disk/m-p/3697860#M617434 Hi:<BR /><BR />dd if=/dev/rdsk/cXtYdZ of=/dev/null bs=64K count=1000<BR /><BR />If the disk is bad, you should see errors.<BR /><BR />Regards!<BR /><BR />...JRF... Sun, 25 Dec 2005 19:26:46 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/bad-disk/m-p/3697860#M617434 James R. Ferguson 2005-12-25T19:26:46Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/bad-disk/m-p/3697861#M617435 Dear Vinay,<BR /><BR />you can do the above dd test to confirm the disk.<BR /><BR />you do a #mediainit to format (lowlevl)the disk.<BR /><BR />With Regards,<BR /><BR />Siva. Sun, 25 Dec 2005 22:40:18 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/bad-disk/m-p/3697861#M617435 Sivakumar TS 2005-12-25T22:40:18Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/bad-disk/m-p/3697862#M617436 Hello Vinay, <BR /><BR />Do a # ioscan -fnC disk and check the for the status. Also, what does # diskinfo <DISK_PATH> say ? <BR /><BR />-Arun</DISK_PATH> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 23:06:22 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/bad-disk/m-p/3697862#M617436 Arunvijai_4 2005-12-25T23:06:22Z