SCO OpenServer Release 5 Errors : Sdisk: Unrecoverable error reading SCSI disk
Hi,
I have a customer who has brought me an old Pentium computer with SCO Openserver release 5 on it, I do not know much about this but they have stated that it has all there invoices and business files on there.
Errors:
Sdsk Unrecoverable error reading SCSI disk 0 dev 1/42 (ha=0 id=0 lun=0) Block=1489780
Medium error.
The drive is very noisy clicking and creaking and sounds to me like the drive is dying / dead.
It seems that that block is constantly being errored out as well as block 276 on the screen.
From what I gather its a unix distro so will have a unix file system within this.
So as such im asking for some guidance as to how to best approach this. could I set up a linux machine and add it as a second drive to try and recover files or is there free software i can use to look at the files.
Im going to try using acronis to get a backup image of the hard drive, however I know that its probably it wont work but its worth a shot.
What do you advise?
Any questions please ask.
I have a customer who has brought me an old Pentium computer with SCO Openserver release 5 on it, I do not know much about this but they have stated that it has all there invoices and business files on there.
Errors:
Sdsk Unrecoverable error reading SCSI disk 0 dev 1/42 (ha=0 id=0 lun=0) Block=1489780
Medium error.
The drive is very noisy clicking and creaking and sounds to me like the drive is dying / dead.
It seems that that block is constantly being errored out as well as block 276 on the screen.
From what I gather its a unix distro so will have a unix file system within this.
So as such im asking for some guidance as to how to best approach this. could I set up a linux machine and add it as a second drive to try and recover files or is there free software i can use to look at the files.
Im going to try using acronis to get a backup image of the hard drive, however I know that its probably it wont work but its worth a shot.
What do you advise?
Any questions please ask.
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mikelfritz
That was supposed to be "options" but I guess "potions" is just as meaningful.
ASKER
Thanks for that,
im downloading the iso at the moment.
Once its downloaded I will give it a try.
Im not 100% sure what it is i will find on it to recover though to be honest. Supposedly it had some invoicing software on it, however the machine is 9, nearly 10 years old and they dont seem to know much about it really.
It does however have a tape drive in it.
im downloading the iso at the moment.
Once its downloaded I will give it a try.
Im not 100% sure what it is i will find on it to recover though to be honest. Supposedly it had some invoicing software on it, however the machine is 9, nearly 10 years old and they dont seem to know much about it really.
It does however have a tape drive in it.
Any progress?
The data could be anything, ranges from MAS90 to proprietary, who knows(?).
The data could be anything, ranges from MAS90 to proprietary, who knows(?).
ASKER
Hey, thanks for your help