On Saturday 18 June 2005 05:58 pm, Cameron MacDonald wrote: | Tom wrote: | > Cameron MacDonald wrote: | >> Finally got it figured out. My system wouldn't boot past the | >> filesystem check,due to something wrong with the journal part of ext3. | >> Ended up booting with Knoppix, mounting partitions, changing fstab: | >> changed partitions to ext2. Still same deal. But now it uses | >> fsck.ext2 to checkfilesystem and runs into the journal problem, so | >> changed the last character in fstab line for /boot partition to "0", | >> so no filesystem check. Now I can boot up. | >> | >> Turns out I've got bad blocks where the ext3 journal resides on the | >> drive. Used the UltimateBootCD to check the drive, and sure enough: | >> failing drive (Maxtor Diamond Max Plus 80G). I think it's only about a | >> year old; I'll have to check and see if they'll warranty it. | >> | >> Thanks to whomever gave me the tip about the Ultimate Boot CD, I think | >> it was Mikkel. That is an incredible tool. I've made copies to pass | >> to friends. Everyone should have one in his/her disc case!! | >> | >> Cameron | > | > Mikkel is always a reliable source. OTOH I've got 3 Maxtors in | > this box, an one'a them is an 80g. It's over a year old, and not | > displayin any problems yet. 'hddtemp' reports it at about 65C, while a | > similar (older) 40g Maxtor is only 45C. All run 24/7 | > | > CPU Temp: +47°C (low = +15°C, high = +60°C) sensor = | > thermistor M/B Temp: +32°C (low = +15°C, high = +45°C) sensor | > = thermistor /dev/hda: Maxtor 6Y080L0: 64°C | > /dev/hdb: MAXTOR 6L040J2: 45°C | > | > I haven't figured a way to get a temp for the 160g SATA Maxtor | > (/dev/sda) that's also in this box. But a finger probe ;) tells me its | > even hotter than the 80g. | > | > Bottom line, all new high capacity high rpm drives run very hot, | > regardless of brand. Heat kills! Warranties are shorter now, so about | > all you can do is keep your case as cool as possible, an hope for the | > best. This case has bays for 5 drives, so I keep an empty bay between | > each of the three drives. Which also helps to keep them as cool as | > possible. IMO, runnin 24/7 is better than the heat cool cycles of | > shuttin down overnite. | > | > FWIW, all three drives are ReiserFS | | You glove up when you do that 160G finger probe, right,Tom? ;} | My 160g ATA also seems to run a little warmer than the 80g. I hadn't | thought of the empty bay between drives idea. I'll have to do that. | | The Maxtor 80g drive is still in warranty. Time to save everything | and wait for the new drive. Wish I could keep this one until it | actually dies, to see how long it would last. Alas, Maxtor wants it | back in 90 days. I've known people with "failing drives" that | seemed to go for quite a while. | | All the help was appreciated. A great group of folks on this list!! | | Cameron
Anecdotal, I know, but a friend just brought me a Windows box with problems, -- bad sector in the first 4 Gigs of an 80 Gig Maxtor about a year old. e
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