On Tue 16 Jun 2009 20:09:05 NZST +1200, Steve Holdoway wrote: > If you go through the possible reasons for the superblock to get > corrupted, then the causes are not limited to a hard disk failure.
True. But then fsck would fix it *without* errors. In any case, smartctl will settle the issue. > Apart > from potential hardware issues elsewhere, there's configuration errors - > overlapping partitions, human error - dd of=/dev/sda just for a couple > of examples. None of that produces anything abnormal with smartctl. Nothing abnormal with smartmontools equals embarrassment when returning disk. > Sure, it's almost certainly a disk failure, but there are other possible > causes. Sure. How about just running smartctl instead of discussing possibilities ad infinitum? Either the disk or the data is foobared, in either case course of action is crystal clear. But hey, why not discuss it for another 3 days...? > Also, given the uphill fight you often get when not speaking > Microsoft to suppliers, A smartmontools printout showing the maker's own product says of itself(!!) "I'm stuffed on sectors XYZ" goes a long way. > As it happens, Dove are a pretty level headed supplier, and I've never > had problems returning failures. Yes yes yes I know. So go and take that damn disk back :) <bold_statement reason="3 glasses of fermented grape juice"> Any Linux user spending real dosh on M$-only products for analysing disks instead of donating that to smartmontools does not deserve a free copy of smartmontools. </bold_statement> Volker (amused) PS Did I say "smartmontools"? -- Volker Kuhlmann is list0570 with the domain in header http://volker.dnsalias.net/ Please do not CC list postings to me.
