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The kernel does print messages. Doesn't it?
from devfs.c:
			if (waserror()){
				// if a read fails we let the user know and try
				// another device.
				print("#k: mread: (%llx %d): %s\n",
					c->qid.path, i, up->errstr);
				continue;
			}

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| How do you know if a disk in a mirror has died?  The kernel should
| print I/O-error messages on the console.

Maybe /dev/fs/status could do the job, too.

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