On Sunday 09 Nov 2003 5:06 pm, Michael Noble wrote: > Anne, > > Usually when a drive starts to make noise, it is caused by the > bearings. I have had drives last for years while making noise. But > if this is a new drive (less than a year) you will probably be able > to get it replaced. But since you will have to deal with the > manufacturer of the drive (which will mean down time) it would > probably do best to go out and purchase another drive replace the > noisy drive and then get it replaced. Once replaced, you will have > a spare drive for future use. > The odd thing is, it's for short periods, just a few times a day.
Thanks to all for comments/suggestions. This is really bad timing for me, as I have so many commitments over the next few days, but I don't think I should ignore this. I'll fit it all in as best I can. > For the copy, I would suggest dd rather than cp. > OK - I'll RTFMP <g> Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet?
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