On Mon, Jan 2, 2012 at 2:32 PM, Colleen Beamer <colleen.bea...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 01/02/12 04:57, Mick wrote: >> On Monday 02 Jan 2012 02:25:45 Colleen Beamer wrote: >>> On 01/01/12 20:29, Mark Knecht wrote: >>>> On Sun, Jan 1, 2012 at 5:20 PM, Colleen Beamer >>>> <colleen.bea...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >>>>> On 01/01/12 20:13, Mark Knecht wrote: [snip]
>> Since there were no updates/upgrades immediately prior to this error, this >> could well have been a result of fs corruption, or memory problems. It >> would >> make sense to check what smartctl -a /dev/sda shows just in case. > > I'd be willing to try this, but what is smartctl a part of? "smartctl -a" asks the hard disk device for diagnostic information. -- :wq
