hdd failing messages false positive or failure

2012-11-27 Thread Brian West
Late last evening I recieved this error while working in terminal. root@localhost bwest# WARNING: Your hard drive is failing Device: /dev/sdb [SAT], unable to open device the device in question is connected via a esata connected dock the cable appeard to be a bit lose could this generate this

Re: hdd failing messages false positive or failure

2012-11-27 Thread Jon Dowland
On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 11:53:46AM -0500, Brian West wrote: do the pre fails mean im failing or is this a false positive. should i replace the esata cable thanks for the help. Make sure the cable is seated properly. It might be worth trying another cable too. If you don't have backups yet, make