On 01/02/12 22:19, Dale wrote: > Colleen Beamer wrote: >> On 01/02/12 14:42, Michael Mol wrote: >>> 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. >> Yes, but when I ran 'smartctl -a /dev/sda' it tells me the command isn't >> found. I did a search for this command and it was found in >> /usr/share/bash-completion/ but if I run it (and it is executable to >> owner (root)), using the full path to the command, it tells me the >> command isn't found. I also tried creating a symlink to it in /usr/bin >> and I get the message: >> /usr/bin/smartctl: line 3: have: command not found. >> >> Regards, >> >> Colleen >> > > emerge smartmontools > > then when that is done, do this: > > smartctl -t long /dev/sd<drive letter here> > > When you do that, it should print a message that tells when the test > will complete. It is usually a 24 hour format thing too. This can > run while the drive is in use too. Sometime after that time, run this > command: > > smartctl -l selftest /dev/sd<drive letter here> > > That should tell you the results of the test. If it says it passed, > this is good. If it reports a problem, well it is not good. If you > are lucky, it will be like a recent problem I had and reformatting > will fix it. It was a weird problem but beats replacing a drive.
Thanks, Dale. I'll try this. Don't know if I'll get to it tonight .... unfortunately, it was back to work to day and I have a bunch of stuff to do tonight. To everyone else, thanks ... I'll keep googling to see if I can figure this out and I'll shout again if I need assistance. Regards, Colleen -- Registered Linux User #411143 with the Linux Counter, http://counter.li.org
