svn commit: r40094 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq

[Eitan Adler]

Author: eadler
Date: Mon Nov 19 13:12:32 2012
New Revision: 40094
URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/40094

Log:
  Manually fixing a HDD with bad blocks manually has not been a real
  concern for many years.
  
  Approved by:	bcr (mentor)

Modified:
  head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml

Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml
==============================================================================
--- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml	Mon Nov 19 13:12:29 2012	(r40093)
+++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml	Mon Nov 19 13:12:32 2012	(r40094)
@@ -1395,9 +1395,6 @@
 	    sufficient to fix the bad blocks, which means the disk is
 	    heavily corrupted); we suggest you buy a new hard
 	    drive.</para>
-
-	  <para>If you have a SCSI drive with bad blocks, see <link
-	      linkend="awre">this answer</link>.</para>
 	</answer>
       </qandaentry>
 
@@ -2627,41 +2624,6 @@ bindkey ^[[3~ delete-char # for xterm</p
       </qandaentry>
 
       <qandaentry>
-	<question id="awre">
-	  <para>What do I do when I have bad blocks on my hard
-	    drive?</para>
-	</question>
-
-	<answer>
-	  <para>With SCSI drives, the drive should be capable of
-	    re-mapping these automatically.  However, many drives ship
-	    with this feature disabled.</para>
-
-	  <para>To enable bad block remapping edit the first device page
-	    mode, which can be done by giving the command (as
-	    <username>root</username>)</para>
-
-	  <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>camcontrol modepage sd0 -m 1 -e -P 3</userinput></screen>
-
-	  <para>and changing the values of AWRE and ARRE from 0 to
-	    1:</para>
-
-	  <programlisting>AWRE (Auto Write Reallocation Enbld):  1
-ARRE (Auto Read Reallocation Enbld):  1</programlisting>
-
-	  <para>Modern IDE drives also have bad block remapping features
-	    in the controller, and they ship with this feature turned
-	    on.</para>
-
-	  <para>If you see warnings about bad blocks (on either type of
-	    drive), it is time to consider replacing the drive.  You
-	    might be able to use the drive manufacturer's diagnostic
-	    program to lock out those bad blocks, but at best this will
-	    buy you some time.</para>
-	</answer>
-      </qandaentry>
-
-      <qandaentry>
 	<question id="hpnetserver-scsi-failure">
 	  <para>Why does &os; not detect my HP Netserver's SCSI
 	    controller?</para>