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Operating Systems HP-UX hdds physically Post 302072205 by buffoonix on Friday 28th of April 2006 07:51:13 PM

04-28-2006

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I would rather dd from the raw device and read bigger chunks
e.g.
dd if=/dev/rdsk/c?t?d? of=/dev/null bs=1024k

If your disk is defunct then the command would probably hang and could not be killed.
Therefore better start it as a batch job,
or if run from the console run tsm before
to have another virtual terminal to leave you a prompt.

You could also let the device try to identify

diskinfo -v /dev/rdsk/c?t?d?

If not all fields are populated there might be a problem with the disk.

Also see if ioscan reports loss of hardware

/usr/sbin/ioscan -fCdisk|grep NO_HW

If you have OnlineDiag installed (swlist OnlineDiag)
you could run stm and read info logs of disk.

If you have EMS running you should check its log for any
monitoring events
more /var/opt/resmon/logs/event.log
But if you had it should have warned you by some notification email.

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NAME

       gmerlin_remote - Remote control command for the Gmerlin GUI Player

SYNOPSIS

       gmerlin_remote [options] command

DESCRIPTION

       Remote control command for the Gmerlin GUI Player

GLOBAL OPTIONS

       -host <hostname>

	 Host to connect to, default is localhost

       -port <port>

	 Port to connect to

       -launch

	 Launch new player if necessary

COMMANDS

       -play

	 Play current track

       -next

	 Switch to next track

       -prev

	 Switch to previous track

       -stop

	 Stop playback

       -pause

	 Pause playback

       -mute

	 Toggle mute

       -add <gml>

	 Add <gml> to the incoming album

       -addplay <gml>

	 Add <gml> to the incoming album and play it

       -open <device>

	 Open album for <device>. Device must be a GML (e.g. dvd:///dev/hdd).

       -openplay <device>

	 Open album for <device> and play first track. Device must be a GML (e.g.  dvd:///dev/hdd).

       -volume <volume>

	 Set player volume. <volume> is in dB, 0.0 is max

       -volume-rel <diff>

	 In- or decrease player volume. <diff> is in dB

       -seek-rel <diff>

	 Seek relative. <diff> is in seconds.

       -chapter [num|+|-]

	 Go to the specified chapter. Use '+' and '-' to go to the next or previous chapter respectively

       -get-name

	 Print name of the current track

       -get-metadata

	 Print metadata of the current track

       -get-time

	 Print time of the current track

GENERIC OPTIONS

       The following generic options are available for all gmerlin applications

       -help

	 Print this help message and exit

       -help-man

	 Print this help message as a manual page and exit

       -help-texi

	 Print this help message in texinfo format and exit

       -version

	 Print version info and exit

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

       GMERLIN_PLAYER_REMOTE_PORT

	 Default port for the remote control

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