On Mon, 5 May 2008 09:10:54 +0200, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > > The question is: should I use it at all (for any use, external HD or > > internal with operating system), or is it sufficient to let the fsck > > tool mark the bad sectors and just keep using it? > > badblocks & mkfs. > > Maybe. > > And the 'monitoring tool' would be smartmontools. > > But I wouldn't trust a harddisk that got damaged in a drop.
On the other hand, if it's only being used as a MythTV front end, it will only contain the OS and software, no data. So a single backup would suffice (MythTV stores configuration data on the backend) and the only harm in the drive failing would be that you wouldn't be able to use it until you bought a new one and restored the backup. It depends on how long you can last without TV :) Then again, you could dispense with the hard drive altogether and PXE boot the laptop. -- Neil Bothwick Politicians are like nappies Both should be changed regularly, and for the same reason
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