Re: [gentoo-user] Re: USB drive dead? (Commands to check?)

2009-09-21 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sun, 20 Sep 2009 11:41:09 -0700, Mark Knecht wrote: Turns out none of the backup or Myth files were savable in any practical manner of speaking. Myth could play them, or at least start playing them - I don't know if it could get to the end of any of them, but if I tried to copy them off to

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: USB drive dead? (Commands to check?)

2009-09-21 Thread Mark Knecht
On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 1:21 AM, Neil Bothwick n...@digimed.co.uk wrote: On Sun, 20 Sep 2009 11:41:09 -0700, Mark Knecht wrote: Turns out none of the backup or Myth files were savable in any practical manner of speaking. Myth could play them, or at least start playing them - I don't know if

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: USB drive dead? (Commands to check?)

2009-09-20 Thread Stroller
On 20 Sep 2009, at 01:01, Mark Knecht wrote: On Sat, Sep 19, 2009 at 4:48 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann volkerar...@googlemail.com wrote: SNIP seriously, I think you should try to get off everything you want to keep - and then replace the disk with a new one. If a disk starts throwing block

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: USB drive dead? (Commands to check?)

2009-09-20 Thread Mark Knecht
On Sun, Sep 20, 2009 at 3:24 AM, Stroller strol...@stellar.eclipse.co.uk wrote: On 20 Sep 2009, at 01:01, Mark Knecht wrote: On Sat, Sep 19, 2009 at 4:48 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann volkerar...@googlemail.com wrote: SNIP seriously, I think you should try to get off everything you want to

[gentoo-user] Re: USB drive dead? (Commands to check?)

2009-09-19 Thread Mark Knecht
On Sat, Sep 19, 2009 at 3:21 PM, Mark Knecht markkne...@gmail.com wrote: Hi,   I seem to have lost an external USB drive I've been using on my MythTV backend server for video storage. What commands can I try to get it to wake up or at least show me what's working and what isn't? The drive

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: USB drive dead? (Commands to check?)

2009-09-19 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Sonntag 20 September 2009, Mark Knecht wrote: On Sat, Sep 19, 2009 at 3:21 PM, Mark Knecht markkne...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I seem to have lost an external USB drive I've been using on my MythTV backend server for video storage. What commands can I try to get it to wake up or at least

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: USB drive dead? (Commands to check?)

2009-09-19 Thread Mark Knecht
On Sat, Sep 19, 2009 at 3:59 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann volkerar...@googlemail.com wrote: On Sonntag 20 September 2009, Mark Knecht wrote: On Sat, Sep 19, 2009 at 3:21 PM, Mark Knecht markkne...@gmail.com wrote: Hi,   I seem to have lost an external USB drive I've been using on my MythTV

[gentoo-user] Re: USB drive dead? (Commands to check?)

2009-09-19 Thread walt
On 09/19/2009 03:38 PM, Mark Knecht wrote: On Sat, Sep 19, 2009 at 3:21 PM, Mark Knechtmarkkne...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I seem to have lost an external USB drive I've been using on my MythTV backend server for video storage. What commands can I try to get it to wake up or at least show me

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: USB drive dead? (Commands to check?)

2009-09-19 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Sonntag 20 September 2009, walt wrote: On 09/19/2009 03:38 PM, Mark Knecht wrote: On Sat, Sep 19, 2009 at 3:21 PM, Mark Knechtmarkkne...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I seem to have lost an external USB drive I've been using on my MythTV backend server for video storage. What commands can I

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: USB drive dead? (Commands to check?)

2009-09-19 Thread Mark Knecht
On Sat, Sep 19, 2009 at 4:12 PM, walt w41...@gmail.com wrote: On 09/19/2009 03:38 PM, Mark Knecht wrote: On Sat, Sep 19, 2009 at 3:21 PM, Mark Knechtmarkkne...@gmail.com  wrote: Hi,   I seem to have lost an external USB drive I've been using on my MythTV backend server for video storage.

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: USB drive dead? (Commands to check?)

2009-09-19 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Sonntag 20 September 2009, Mark Knecht wrote: On Sat, Sep 19, 2009 at 4:12 PM, walt w41...@gmail.com wrote: On 09/19/2009 03:38 PM, Mark Knecht wrote: On Sat, Sep 19, 2009 at 3:21 PM, Mark Knechtmarkkne...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I seem to have lost an external USB drive I've been

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: USB drive dead? (Commands to check?)

2009-09-19 Thread Mark Knecht
On Sat, Sep 19, 2009 at 4:48 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann volkerar...@googlemail.com wrote: SNIP seriously, I think you should try to get off everything you want to keep - and then replace the disk with a new one. If a disk starts throwing block errors it will only become worse. Don't worry about