On Sun, Jul 5, 2015 at 4:42 PM, Denis Heidtmann <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > On Sun, Jul 5, 2015 at 10:52 AM, Galen Seitz <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> >> You may want to check your disk's health and run some tests using >> smartctl. >> >> <https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/S.M.A.R.T.> >> >> >> galen >> > > Galen, > > I had looked the the SMART data yesterday--healthy. > > Your link yields no info-- "There is currently no text in this page. You > can search for this page title in other pages, or search the related logs, > but you do not have permission to create this page." > > apropos smart and man smart yield nothing. > > But there is a GUI installed on my system which displays the SMART > data--says the disk is healthy. But I am running tests as I write this. > It looks like it will take some time. While the tests are running and I > move the mouse around the window, very brief messages pop up--brief enough > that I had to video the message to be able to read it: > "Type: Failure is a sign of imminent disk failure (Pre-Fail) > Updates: Every time data is collected (Online) > Raw:oxf31600000000" > > Seems strange to report errors so that they cannot be read...Maybe it is > just a less-than-polished GUI. > > I will post results when the tests complete. > > -Denis > The test just finished. No errors. Disk is clean. Tonight I will run the memory check. I do not know what else to do, but I expect that there is some intermittent problem that depends on temperature or phase of the moon that will rise up and bite me when I least expect it. -Denis _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
