Re: [gentoo-user] Is my SSD dying?

2017-09-06 Thread R0b0t1
On Wednesday, September 6, 2017, Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Sunday, 3 September 2017 21:56:43 BST R0b0t1 wrote: >> On Sun, Sep 3, 2017 at 2:39 AM, Peter Humphrey > wrote: >> > On Sunday, 3 September 2017 03:34:06 BST R0b0t1 wrote: >> >> On Sat, Sep

Re: [gentoo-user] Is my SSD dying?

2017-09-06 Thread Daniel Frey
On 09/06/2017 03:01 AM, Peter Humphrey wrote: >> At the same time I have seen this exact situation fixed by a firmware >> upgrade. Still, this seems more alarming than the other issues you've >> described. > > Do you mean the firmware of the NVMe drive? How would I go about that? I > don't see

Re: [gentoo-user] Is my SSD dying?

2017-09-06 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Sunday, 3 September 2017 21:56:43 BST R0b0t1 wrote: > On Sun, Sep 3, 2017 at 2:39 AM, Peter Humphrey wrote: > > On Sunday, 3 September 2017 03:34:06 BST R0b0t1 wrote: > >> On Sat, Sep 2, 2017 at 8:49 AM, Peter Humphrey > > > > wrote: > >> > A

Re: [gentoo-user] Is my SSD dying?

2017-09-03 Thread R0b0t1
On Sun, Sep 3, 2017 at 2:39 AM, Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Sunday, 3 September 2017 03:34:06 BST R0b0t1 wrote: >> On Sat, Sep 2, 2017 at 8:49 AM, Peter Humphrey > wrote: >> > A week or two ago I was investigating some other weirdnesses and at one >>

Re: [gentoo-user] Is my SSD dying?

2017-09-03 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Sunday, 3 September 2017 03:34:06 BST R0b0t1 wrote: > On Sat, Sep 2, 2017 at 8:49 AM, Peter Humphrey wrote: > > A week or two ago I was investigating some other weirdnesses and at one > > point I zeroed out the first partition: the unformatted one containing > > the

Re: [gentoo-user] Is my SSD dying?

2017-09-02 Thread R0b0t1
On Sat, Sep 2, 2017 at 8:49 AM, Peter Humphrey wrote: > A week or two ago I was investigating some other weirdnesses and at one > point I zeroed out the first partition: the unformatted one containing the > UEFI data. It took longer than I expected, having only 2MB to fill.

Re: [gentoo-user] Is my SSD dying?

2017-09-02 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Saturday, 2 September 2017 13:28:44 BST Jacques Montier wrote: > I once encountered the problem with my Crucial SSD. > I found a procedure to make the SSD detected which worked for me. > http://forums.crucial.com/t5/Crucial-SSDs/Why-did-my-SSD-quot-disappear-qu > ot-from-my-system/ta-p/65215

Re: [gentoo-user] Is my SSD dying?

2017-09-02 Thread Jacques Montier
Hello, I once encountered the problem with my Crucial SSD. I found a procedure to make the SSD detected which worked for me. http://forums.crucial.com/t5/Crucial-SSDs/Why-did-my-SSD-quot-disappear-quot-from-my-system/ta-p/65215 Hope this will help. Cheers, *--* *Jacques* 2017-09-02 11:51

Re: [gentoo-user] Is my SSD dying?

2017-09-02 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Saturday, 2 September 2017 10:32:23 BST I wrote: > ... Now smartmon appears to run ok - provided that I remove DEVICESCAN > from /etc/smartd.conf and give it a specific device to monitor ... Some months ago someone here mentioned a test suite for SSDs, but I can't remember what it was called

Re: [gentoo-user] Is my SSD dying?

2017-09-02 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Saturday, 2 September 2017 02:24:57 BST Adam Carter wrote: > On Fri, Sep 1, 2017 at 7:46 PM, Peter Humphrey > wrote: > > For the last week or two my NVMe SSD isn't being detected on startup. I > > get this error on manual invocation: > > > > # smartctl -a /dev/nvme0n1

Re: [gentoo-user] Is my SSD dying?

2017-09-02 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Friday, 1 September 2017 10:54:45 BST Arthur Țițeică wrote: > În 1 septembrie 2017 12:46:39 EEST, Peter Humphrey a scris: > >Hello list, > > > >For the last week or two my NVMe SSD isn't being detected on startup. I > >get > >this error on manual invocation: > > > >#

Re: [gentoo-user] Is my SSD dying?

2017-09-01 Thread Adam Carter
On Fri, Sep 1, 2017 at 7:46 PM, Peter Humphrey wrote: > Hello list, > > For the last week or two my NVMe SSD isn't being detected on startup. I get > this error on manual invocation: > > # smartctl -a /dev/nvme0n1 > smartctl 6.4 2015-06-04 r4109

Re: [gentoo-user] Is my SSD dying?

2017-09-01 Thread Daniel Frey
On 09/01/2017 02:46 AM, Peter Humphrey wrote: > Hello list, > > For the last week or two my NVMe SSD isn't being detected on startup. I get > this error on manual invocation: > > # smartctl -a /dev/nvme0n1 > smartctl 6.4 2015-06-04 r4109 [x86_64-linux-4.12.5-gentoo] (local build) > Copyright

Re: [gentoo-user] Is my SSD dying?

2017-09-01 Thread Arthur Țițeică
În 1 septembrie 2017 12:46:39 EEST, Peter Humphrey a scris: >Hello list, > >For the last week or two my NVMe SSD isn't being detected on startup. I >get >this error on manual invocation: > ># smartctl -a /dev/nvme0n1 >smartctl 6.4 2015-06-04 r4109

[gentoo-user] Is my SSD dying?

2017-09-01 Thread Peter Humphrey
Hello list, For the last week or two my NVMe SSD isn't being detected on startup. I get this error on manual invocation: # smartctl -a /dev/nvme0n1 smartctl 6.4 2015-06-04 r4109 [x86_64-linux-4.12.5-gentoo] (local build) Copyright (C) 2002-15, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke,