On Thu, 11 Mar 2004 08:03:23 -0600, Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Alphonse Ogulla wrote: > > >Hi all, > >I got this rather scary message when I booted up my Debian PC last > >evening. First I noticed my hdd was making relatively more noise than > >usual. I had removed it quite recently for use in backing-up data of > >a windoze machine that was showing symptoms of imminent disk failure. > >(discovered later that it wasn't actually the disk, but the IDE > >cable). I connected this device as the master, booted Linux and > >transfered all data on the ntfs partition to a newly created vfat > >partition and returned the disk to where it belonged. > > > >So, upon restarting Linux successfully, running fsck at boot, logging > >in and using the machine for a while whilst listening to grinding > >noises coming from the hdd, I heard this clicking sound just before > >the light of the hdd went off. I then issued ls command to list > >directory contents but what I got was a sequence of lost interrupt > >messages; > > > >hda: lost interrupt > >hda: lost interrupt > >hda: lost interrupt > > > >and so on.......... > > > > > > I'm 99.32749% sure your hard drive is failing; it's just a coincidence > that it happened just after making some partition changes (or perhaps > the partition changes caused the head to move into the "trigger" zone, > which triggered the failure). > > Backup your drive now, if you can (I really don't have a whole lot of > confidence that you'll get everything). ..it could _also_ be the power coming from the grid, Alphonse. ..an UPS would fix that bit. -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;-) ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
