On Sat, 14 Nov 2009 17:55:05 -0700 Michael Torrie <[email protected]> wrote:
> Charles Curley wrote: > > It's very readable as root. > > If /etc it's not readable to a non-root user you have some very > strange permission issues. I agree. I conjecture that's a byproduct of not being able to mount the encrypted stuff as part of login. Experimentation has shown that if I boot a computer and ssh in, the encrypted stuff is not available. I did not check access to /etc explicitly, but I don't recall problems doing that. > > > None the less, it's a new hard drive. > > You're right. Sounds like it's not a disk failure. But being a new > drive has very little to do with a failure. It's very possible to > lose new drives right off the bat. Apparently it's best to proof a > drive for a month before using it to store you data. At least that's > what Google does. Not sure if that means to just spin it for a > month, or read and write random data to it. I've rebooted under finix. fsck -f is happy with the partitions. I'm running badblocks in read-only mode on the relevant partitions now. -- Charles Curley /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign Looking for fine software \ / Respect for open standards and/or writing? X No HTML/RTF in email http://www.charlescurley.com / \ No M$ Word docs in email Key fingerprint = CE5C 6645 A45A 64E4 94C0 809C FFF6 4C48 4ECD DFDB /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
