On Wednesday 19 December 2001 22:08, Rich Cloutier wrote: > I have seen messages in my log for a drive that was making strange clicking > noises. I forget what the messages said, but they were scary enough for me > to know that the filesystem was deteriorating. I quickly decommissioned > that machine (it was my 486 web/print server) and migrated everything over > to my 166, before the drive actually failed, so I don't know what the > terminal symptoms would have been. > > Copy everything that you need off that drive FAST.
FAST ?!?! FAST did you say ? Ray Cote thought the problem might be heat related. HEAT !?!!? HEAT did you say ? Let me sum this up succinctly. The smoke should have been a clue. Disk drives are apparently like computers in general; they run on smoke. When the smoke gets out, they quit working. This was a brand new Samsung 30 gigger. I've never seen infant mortality with so much enthusiasm. One of the chips on the drive was not glowing but it was hot enough to smoke. Tomorrow I buy a CD burner. Let's hope that's just a metaphor. > > Rich Cloutier > SYSTEM SUPPORT SERVICES > President, C*O > www.sysupport.com > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tom Rauschenbach" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2001 5:01 PM > Subject: Need help fast > > > One of 4 IDE drives in my system is making strange noises every 5 to 20 > > minutes. It sounds like its seeking all the way across the disk and > > hitting > > > the actuator stops *hard*. Is this an event that can be seen in > > /var/log/messages (or anywhere else) ? Any help would appreciated. > > I'd like to know what's going on but at least I need to know which drive > > it > > > it. > > > > I heard this before and soon the drive quit spinning. (Made it easy to > > know > > > which one had the problem ;-) > > > > TIA > > > > TomR > > > > > > ***************************************************************** > > To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. > > ***************************************************************** > > ***************************************************************** > To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. > ***************************************************************** ***************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *****************************************************************
