by For no apparent reason, at any time, my SyQuest EZ135 "loses" it's
label, and this message appears in the console.log:
"
sd2: UNIT ATTENTION
sd2 (2,0): ERROR op:0x1a sd_state:4 scsi status:0x0
sd2 (2,0): sense key:0x6 additional sense code:0x29
SCSI Block in error = 0 (no valid label)
"
(sd2a is the EZ drive)
First I am wondering if anyone know how/why this is happening.
Secondly I am wondering if I am fixing it correctly or not.
Here is what I do when it loses the label:
[note: charisma is the hostname, and the EZ should be mounted at
/Backups]
shellprompt> disk -h charisma -l Backups /dev/rsd2a
disk name: SyQuest EZ135S
disk type: removable_rw_scsi
Disk utility
disk> name
no label on disk
disk> label
label information: print, write? w
writing disk label
disk> name
enter disk label name: Backups
disk> quit
And then I run fsck on it:
shellprompt> fsck -Pp /dev/rsd2a
The part which most concerns me is the "label" function within the
'disk' command. Mostly this stems from my lack of understanding of:
1) what the difference is between the "label" and the "name"
2) what the difference is between the "h" and the "H" flag, and the
"l" and the "L" flag. I have read the disk manpage repeatedly,
but I'm wondering if I am using the wrong process to put the label
on, which is why it keeps vanishing at random times and places.
3) do I need to do anything else before I quit the disk program after
I enter the name after "enter disk label name:"?
This error only seems to occur when something is actively trying to
access the disk (ie it doesn't just happen when it is just sitting
there) but I suppose that may just be when the OS is finding out
there is a problem.
Thanks for any help
TjL
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