On Thu, Feb 07, 2008 at 11:29:29PM +0100, Mel wrote: > On Tuesday 05 February 2008 04:14:39 Andrew Falanga wrote: > > > I know it's probably near impossible to know exactly how much longer this > > drive has, but how serious are these errors? As I mentioned, the > > unreadable sectors on the hard drive are repeated many times in the log ( > > > 100 times). > > If it's not dead already, it can be when you read this or in 2-3 months. I > usually change the cable on the first read error I see popping up, just to > rule out the cable. If the errors persist, it's time to order and stop adding > new stuff to the disk.
Agree. If it is seeing repeated errors, it is most likely about to die totally at any time. ////jerry > Since it's a church disk, you might have better luck with your prayers then > most people. > -- > Mel > _______________________________________________ > [email protected] mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
