04-24-2015
That's what I was just coming to grips with. Ok - first time for everything. I've got a mksysb from a couple of weeks ago. I've burned it (volumes 1 of 3) to a DVD and am trying to do the (re)install. interestingly enough I happen to have a new disk which I've swapped into as a replacement for the bad disk.
ok so far. Boot to that cd which works nicely thank you very much.
Trying to do the restore to the new disk and it is circling around a
image.data has invalid file system data.
Can not continue.
I suppose I could try to extract the image.data and look at it, but even if I could, I doubt I'd be able to "put it back" into the mksysb.
I see two options. (1) try to restore to what I think is a good disk and hope for the best, or (2) do a fresh install, then restore from backups, etc. Kind like not to do that one, but I may not have a choice.
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LEARN ABOUT ULTRIX
radisk
radisk(8) System Manager's Manual radisk(8)
Name
radisk - Digital Storage Architecture (DSA) disk maintenance
Syntax
/etc/radisk
radisk -c LBN length special
radisk -e special
radisk -n special
radisk -r LBN special
radisk -s LBN length special
Description
The Digital Storage Architecture (DSA) disk maintenance program provides the essential functions to manage DSA disk devices. The command
must be used on unmounted disk partitions to insure correct results.
The LBN is a decimal number that represents the logical block number as reported in the errorlog file. The LBN is the actual disk block
number starting from the beginning of the disk.
The length is a decimal number that indicates how many (512 byte) blocks to process. The length specified may be -1 to indicate the last
block of the specified partition.
The special file specified is used with -c, -e, -n, and -r options and indicates an unmounted c partition of a character device special
file.
Options
The following options may be set with
-c Clears a forced error indicator on the range of specified LBNs. The forced error condition indicates that the data in the disk block
is bad. The disk block is good, but the data can not be read without getting an error detection code (EDC) error. This option will
cause the forced error condition to be removed. After the forced error indicator is cleared, the EDC error will not be reported nor
will the data be marked as bad.
All indications that the data is corrupt are lost. The data should be restored either by manual methods or with the command. The com-
mand affects the integrity of the data on a disk and should be followed by a file system restore if data is affected.
-e Sets the exclusive access attribute associated with the specified disk. This attribute is provided by multihost controllers to
restrict access to a disk to one host. The command will return a failure status if the disk is already exclusively associated with
another host or the underlying controller does not provide multihost support. If the command is issued to a disk that is currently
mounted and the command fails, the disk will no longer be online to this host. For this reason the -e option should not be issued to
a disk that is mounted.
n Clears the exclusive access attribute associated with the specified disk. If the controller provides multihost support and the exclu-
sive access attribute is not set for a particular disk, it would be possible for the disk to be accessed by more than one host. The
command will return a failure status if the disk is not currently and exclusively associated with this host or the underlying con-
troller does not provide multihost support.
-r Replaces a block on the disk specified by LBN. See Restrictions.
-s Starts a scan for bad blocks on the specified area on a disk. Bad blocks are disk blocks that have data transfer errors to the extent
that they cannot be relied on. When a bad block is found, it is replaced and the bad block's LBN is reported. The LBN specified with
the option can be 0 to indicate the first block in the specified partition. If 0 is specified, however, the program starts searching
from the first block of the partition. The option will accept any valid partition on the disk. This allows any partition to be scanned
without scanning the entire disk and ensures that the specified partition is free of bad blocks. As an example, indicates the h parti-
tion of the third logical disk unit.
Diagnostics
The command generates messages when the user is not privileged, when the LBN is not in the specified partition, and when the length exceeds
the size of the partition.
Restrictions
You must be in single-user mode when using the and options of the program. If you are in multiuser mode, hangs the system and cannot be
killed. If this happens, you must reboot.
The option is supported only with those DSA disks which use host-initiated dynamic bad block replacement.
The and options are only supported on controllers that provide multi-host support. These options are only supported on HSC Version 5.00 or
later.
See Also
dkio(4), ra(4), sdc(4), chpt(8), mount(8), restore(8)
Guide to System Disk Maintenance
4th Berkeley Distribution radisk(8)