Don Quixote de la Mancha wrote:
> All of the hard drive vendors provide disk drive diagnostic tools,
> that are able to access vendor-specific - and undocumented - firmware
> in their drives. This diagnostic firmware is able to diagnose drive
> hardware problems in a much more thorough way than th
Kam Leo wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 1:50 PM, Mike McCarty
> wrote:
>> Don Quixote de la Mancha wrote:
>
> [snip]
>
>> I downloaded said software, and burnt a CD-ROM. I ran the diagnostics
>> on both discs (both are WDs, but of different sizes). The smaller
>> one passed both a "quick" test,
On Tue, 2010-02-23 at 21:29 -0800, Don Quixote de la Mancha wrote:
> what I use for my two disk-to-disk backup drives: I leave one
> connected to eSATA and the other in a bank safe deposit box. Once a
> week I swap them. The bank is quite some ways from my home, so even a
> direct nuclear strike
On Tue, 2010-02-23 at 18:35 -0800, Kam Leo wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 1:50 PM, Mike McCarty
> wrote:
> > Don Quixote de la Mancha wrote:
>
> [snip]
>
> > I downloaded said software, and burnt a CD-ROM. I ran the diagnostics
> > on both discs (both are WDs, but of different sizes). The smal
On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 6:35 PM, Kam Leo wrote:
> Failing the "quick" test and long completion times are sure signs that
> the drive is in trouble. You can try reformatting the drive to see if
> that improves performance (doubtful). Good luck finding a new IDE
> drive. You might have to use a SATA
On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 1:50 PM, Mike McCarty
wrote:
> Don Quixote de la Mancha wrote:
[snip]
> I downloaded said software, and burnt a CD-ROM. I ran the diagnostics
> on both discs (both are WDs, but of different sizes). The smaller
> one passed both a "quick" test, and an "extended" full surfa
On Friday 19 February 2010 13:50:59 Mike McCarty wrote:
> Don Quixote de la Mancha wrote:
> > All of the hard drive vendors provide disk drive diagnostic tools,
> > that are able to access vendor-specific - and undocumented - firmware
> > in their drives. This diagnostic firmware is able to diagno
Mike McCarty wrote:
> My machine has been running slower and slower, and top seems
> to indicate lots of I/O wait. I have two ATA discs on a single
> cable, wired for cable select. The master is much faster than
> the slave, which seems to indicate a hardware, possibly disc,
> problem.
So, is the
Don Quixote de la Mancha wrote:
> All of the hard drive vendors provide disk drive diagnostic tools,
> that are able to access vendor-specific - and undocumented - firmware
> in their drives. This diagnostic firmware is able to diagnose drive
> hardware problems in a much more thorough way than th
On Fri, 12 Feb 2010 10:59:22 -0600
Mikkel wrote:
> On 02/12/2010 05:40 AM, Alan Cox wrote:
> >
> > You also want to avoid two disks on one cable as the IDE interface only
> > allows one of them to be active at a time so its a good way to cripple
> > performance.
> >
> Dumb question - what happe
On 02/12/2010 05:40 AM, Alan Cox wrote:
>
> You also want to avoid two disks on one cable as the IDE interface only
> allows one of them to be active at a time so its a good way to cripple
> performance.
>
Dumb question - what happens if you have a slow interface on the
CD/DVD drive? Does the dri
On 02/12/2010 05:31 AM, Don Quixote de la Mancha wrote:
>
> A while back I downloaded all the diagnostics from all the drive
> vendors, and burned a CD for each one. I also keep them around on a
> filesystem where I archive all my software installers. They're good
> things to have on hand.
>
Yo
Alan Cox wrote:
[...]
> You also want to avoid two disks on one cable as the IDE interface only
> allows one of them to be active at a time so its a good way to cripple
> performance.
My previous reply may not have been quite motivational enough.
There is a physical constraint as to where the d
Alan Cox wrote:
>> /dev/hda5 on / type ext3 (rw)
>> /dev/hdb1 on /home type ext3 (rw)
>> /dev/hda3 on /boot type ext3 (rw)
>
> That looks like a truely ancient Fedora ?
Yes.
> You also want to avoid two disks on one cable as the IDE interface only
> allows one of them to be active at a time so i
> /dev/hda5 on / type ext3 (rw)
> /dev/hdb1 on /home type ext3 (rw)
> /dev/hda3 on /boot type ext3 (rw)
That looks like a truely ancient Fedora ?
You also want to avoid two disks on one cable as the IDE interface only
allows one of them to be active at a time so its a good way to cripple
performa
Roberto Ragusa wrote:
> Mike McCarty wrote:
>
>> Can anyone give me advice on how to proceed with diagnostics?
>
> Nothing in /var/log/messages?
>
> What do you get when running hdparm -t a few times? Stable numbers?
Yes. I tried each disc three times, and here are the values look
consistent wi
All of the hard drive vendors provide disk drive diagnostic tools,
that are able to access vendor-specific - and undocumented - firmware
in their drives. This diagnostic firmware is able to diagnose drive
hardware problems in a much more thorough way than the vendor-neutral
S.M.A.R.T. is able to.
Mike McCarty wrote:
> Can anyone give me advice on how to proceed with diagnostics?
Nothing in /var/log/messages?
What do you get when running hdparm -t a few times? Stable numbers?
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My machine has been running slower and slower, and top seems
to indicate lots of I/O wait. I have two ATA discs on a single
cable, wired for cable select. The master is much faster than
the slave, which seems to indicate a hardware, possibly disc,
problem.
Trimmed output:
$ mount
/dev/hda5 on / t
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