On Thu, 25 Feb 2010 19:33:23 -0800, Mark Knecht wrote:
So I got my wife's machine booted today using a install disk and
played a bit with e2fsck. The machine stopped being happy last night
due to some sort of corruption on the /var partition. e2fsck
complained about 3 or 4 files and then
Mark Knecht writes:
Do I just watch the logs looking for problems? I have no way of
knowing right now whether this was a disk problem that's going to come
back, a 1 time deal due to power, or something else entirely.
As these cheap machines that don't use RAID what's the right way to
go?
On 26 February 2010 12:33, Mark Knecht markkne...@gmail.com wrote:
So I got my wife's machine booted today using a install disk and
played a bit with e2fsck. The machine stopped being happy last night
due to some sort of corruption on the /var partition. e2fsck
complained about 3 or 4 files
On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 1:46 AM, Alex Schuster wo...@wonkology.org wrote:
Mark Knecht writes:
Do I just watch the logs looking for problems? I have no way of
knowing right now whether this was a disk problem that's going to come
back, a 1 time deal due to power, or something else entirely.
Mark Knecht writes:
Yes, I do use smartctl on some other machines although I'm not very
good about it and your write-up is helpful so thanks for that.
My wife's machines is older and and I don't think SMART is
supported on her drive. Note the lack of a * on the SMART line in
hdparm
On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 8:01 AM, Alex Schuster wo...@wonkology.org wrote:
Mark Knecht writes:
Yes, I do use smartctl on some other machines although I'm not very
good about it and your write-up is helpful so thanks for that.
My wife's machines is older and and I don't think SMART is
Mark Knecht writes:
On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 8:01 AM, Alex Schuster wo...@wonkology.org
wrote:
Okay, but it still states:
*SMART error logging
*SMART self-test
So maybe smartctl -t long /dev/hda still works? Just give it a try.
No, -t long fails the same
On 26 February 2010 12:33, Mark Knecht markkne...@gmail.com wrote:
So I got my wife's machine booted today using a install disk and
played a bit with e2fsck. The machine stopped being happy last night
due to some sort of corruption on the /var partition. e2fsck
complained about 3 or 4 files
On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 9:27 AM, Alex Schuster wo...@wonkology.org wrote:
Mark Knecht writes:
On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 8:01 AM, Alex Schuster wo...@wonkology.org
wrote:
Okay, but it still states:
* SMART error logging
* SMART self-test
So maybe smartctl -t
On Freitag 26 Februar 2010, Mark Knecht wrote:
The machine _mostly_ crashed while running badblocks. I say mostly
because the mouse is still alive but I can no longer ssh in and cannot
open a terminal on my wife's desktop or get to the console.
because it is not crashed but waiting for the
On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 11:59 AM, Volker Armin Hemmann
volkerar...@googlemail.com wrote:
protip: if you are running badblocks (or ddrescue) on a probably damaged
device - attach it with an usb adapter. That way your box is still usable.
+1, i had a bad drive and it's so much easier to
On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 9:59 AM, Volker Armin Hemmann
volkerar...@googlemail.com wrote:
On Freitag 26 Februar 2010, Mark Knecht wrote:
The machine _mostly_ crashed while running badblocks. I say mostly
because the mouse is still alive but I can no longer ssh in and cannot
open a terminal on
On Freitag 26 Februar 2010, Mark Knecht wrote:
On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 9:59 AM, Volker Armin Hemmann
volkerar...@googlemail.com wrote:
On Freitag 26 Februar 2010, Mark Knecht wrote:
The machine _mostly_ crashed while running badblocks. I say mostly
because the mouse is still alive but I
On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 10:26 AM, Mark Knecht markkne...@gmail.com wrote:
SNIP
On the other hand, because I have reasonably good user backups
(although no real system backups) right now if I bite the bullet and
build the machine then when my wife gets it back it's hopefully going
to be more
On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 9:38 AM, daid kahl daid...@gmail.com wrote:
On 26 February 2010 12:33, Mark Knecht markkne...@gmail.com wrote:
So I got my wife's machine booted today using a install disk and
played a bit with e2fsck. The machine stopped being happy last night
due to some sort of
So I got my wife's machine booted today using a install disk and
played a bit with e2fsck. The machine stopped being happy last night
due to some sort of corruption on the /var partition. e2fsck
complained about 3 or 4 files and then repaired the partition. The
machine booted cleanly as far as I
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