On 22/04/2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Oh dear, that's quite a bad news. > that's what I have encountered. when I heard the noise of hard drive reset, > and checked the dmesg to make sure about it, I reformatted the hard drive, > then copy my data in again, it worked. but after some days, it starts to tell > me about read error again. > so, this means the hard drive has died, right?
Install smartmontools and interrogate the smart data on the drive, if it reports a reallocated sector count and it keeps growing you know your drive is on it's way out. A static reallocated sector count doesn't necessarily mean your drive is bad but if that count keeps growing it's not a good sign. Adrian -- 24x7x365 != 24x7x52 Stupid or bad maths? <erno> hm. I've lost a machine.. literally _lost_. it responds to ping, it works completely, I just can't figure out where in my apartment it is. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
