SFS Error

DDNI · 04 May 2009, 21:07

Hi all,
I am getting this occasional SFS error.

What does it mean?

NovaCoder · 05 May 2009, 05:00

There's a utility that comes with SFS (can't remember the name) that you can use to check your SFS partions, give that a go.

NovaCoder · 05 May 2009, 05:04

Nice desktop btw, what do you use to set that image in the top left of the menu bar?

thomas · 05 May 2009, 09:00

Quote:

Originally Posted by DDNI

What does it mean?

Is this "DH7:Uninitialized" intentional or is it related to the error message ?

How big is the HDD ? Is DH7 on the same HDD as DH1 ?

Why do you have so many partitions (SCSI1...6 at least) with all the same name (SCSIx) ?

If the drive is bigger than 4GB and you are unable to initilize DH7 then it could mean that you are not using the right software drivers for a HDD bigger than 4GB.

DDNI · 05 May 2009, 14:50

Hi Thomas,
thanks for the help.

DH7 is uninitialized as it is a Mac (Fusion) partition.

The SCSI partitions (DH0 through DH5) are on a 16GB CF card. Other partitions are an IDE HDD
I use SFS 1.276

DH1: is 1.5GB. DH0: is also 1.5GB and both are within the first 4GB of the CF card.

I attach a pic showing SFSCheck and Disk info for DH1:

NovaCoder · 06 May 2009, 04:55

Well there is your problem I guess, as I helped you now owe me $5

I assume it means you've got a bad sector??

As to the solution????

thomas · 06 May 2009, 07:55

It's not a bad block. It's just at some time in the past it wrote a block to the wrong location and now whenever it needs this block it stumbles accross the wrong data.

As the error message talks about a completely different number, there are probably many of such errors on the partition.

I don't think it can be repaired. You should backup all files of this partition, format it and restore the backup.

04 May 2009, 21:07	#1
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05 May 2009, 05:00	#2
NovaCoder Registered User Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Melbourne/Australia Posts: 4,400	There's a utility that comes with SFS (can't remember the name) that you can use to check your SFS partions, give that a go.

05 May 2009, 05:04	#3
NovaCoder Registered User Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Melbourne/Australia Posts: 4,400	Nice desktop btw, what do you use to set that image in the top left of the menu bar?

05 May 2009, 14:50	#5
DDNI Targ Explorer Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Northern Ireland Posts: 5,431	Hi Thomas, thanks for the help. DH7 is uninitialized as it is a Mac (Fusion) partition. The SCSI partitions (DH0 through DH5) are on a 16GB CF card. Other partitions are an IDE HDD I use SFS 1.276 DH1: is 1.5GB. DH0: is also 1.5GB and both are within the first 4GB of the CF card. I attach a pic showing SFSCheck and Disk info for DH1:

06 May 2009, 04:55	#6
NovaCoder Registered User Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Melbourne/Australia Posts: 4,400	Well there is your problem I guess, as I helped you now owe me $5 I assume it means you've got a bad sector?? As to the solution????

06 May 2009, 07:55	#7
thomas Registered User Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Germany Posts: 6,987	It's not a bad block. It's just at some time in the past it wrote a block to the wrong location and now whenever it needs this block it stumbles accross the wrong data. As the error message talks about a completely different number, there are probably many of such errors on the partition. I don't think it can be repaired. You should backup all files of this partition, format it and restore the backup.

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