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From: jmk@plan9.bell-labs.com
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] i/o error: wrenwrite
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Date: Wed,  3 Mar 2004 08:41:39 -0500
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On Wed Mar  3 06:22:36 EST 2004, dvd@davidashen.net wrote:
> > > How to boot from CD and check filesystem?
> >
> > If you've booted Plan 9 from the Plan 9 distribution CD, you should
> > be able to do:
> >
> > disk/kfs -f/dev/sdC0/fs
> > disk/kfscmd 'check r'
> 
> I had tried that before, and probably misspelled something. Worked
> this time. Does not report any errors, just finishes smoothly.
> 
> Powercycling -> endless wrenwrite i/o error messages ->
> booting from CD -> 'check r' no errors
> rebooting from sdC0 normal.
> 
> Just booting from CD and immediately rebooting helps as well.
> 
> What can be the cause?

What type of discs are they, ATA, SCSI, etc?
Are they set to spin up automatically when power is applied?