Ouch, that sounds painful... 1. Try different PCs/controllers 2. Change the controller mode for the drive back and forth between SATA (AHCI) and IDE (and check if the BIOS sees the drive) 3. Freezer trick, where you let the drive cool inside and run it inside a freezer while you attempt recovery (though this really only addresses Click of Death or other physical or mechanical problems) 4. Use the diagnostics from the manufacturer (also on the Ultimate Boot CD) to see if it comes up clean 5. Reflash the firmware for the drive if it's possible 6. Swap the disk logic board from an identical drive
Some ideas. On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 7:59 PM, Todd O'Bryan <toddobr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hey all, > > I arrived at school today to discover that the hard drive on my LTSP > server was dead. Dead enough that the computer didn't even realize it > was there after I rebooted. > > Luckily, all the user data is on a RAID array of two other drives that > should, hopefully, be okay if I can provide a boot device and get them > mounted. However, I'm starting to regret not backing up the root > partition, since all of my settings, tweaks, and my LDAP database are > gone. Luckily, it's summer, so I have some time to fix things. > > Two questions: > > 1. Is there anything I should try with the dead drive before > officially declaring it deceased and giving up? I could try connecting > it to a couple of other computers and see if it shows up... > > 2. What do people suggest for speediness and reliability? I run a > 30-seat fat client lab, so the server hard drive only gets used for > DHCP, loading the OS, programs, authentication, and routing internet > to the clients. Should I consider an SSD (if I put /tmp and /var on > some other drive) or is it not worth it? Same question with so-called > "enterprise" drives? Are they worth the increased cost or should I > just get a well-regarded consumer drive? > > Thanks, > Todd > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Live Security Virtual Conference > Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and > threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions > will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware > threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ > _____________________________________________________________________ > Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss > For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.freenode.net -- Jay Goldberg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _____________________________________________________________________ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.freenode.net
