Re: [xubuntu-users] partition intermittently mounts: dying hard drive or bug?

2017-01-11 Thread fred roller
On Wed, Jan 11, 2017 at 4:50 PM, Peter Flynn wrote: > > I've got a SCSI drive with IIRC around 42 MiB. > > I'll raise you two 5¼" floppies and see you :-) > > Sitting on a shelf I have a 30Mb HardCard which is a hard disk mounted > on a long-form ISA card. You lift the lid of

Re: [xubuntu-users] partition intermittently mounts: dying hard drive or bug?

2017-01-11 Thread Peter Flynn
On 01/11/2017 05:41 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Wed, 11 Jan 2017 12:37:51 -0500, fred roller wrote: >> On Wed, Jan 11, 2017 at 12:36 PM, fred roller >> wrote: >> >>> 1G >> >> *..1T... > > :D > > I've got a SCSI drive with IIRC around 42 MiB. I'll raise you two 5¼"

Re: [xubuntu-users] partition intermittently mounts: dying hard drive or bug?

2017-01-11 Thread fred roller
On Wed, Jan 11, 2017 at 12:36 PM, fred roller wrote: > 1G *..1T... -- xubuntu-users mailing list xubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-users

Re: [xubuntu-users] partition intermittently mounts: dying hard drive or bug?

2017-01-11 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Wed, 11 Jan 2017 12:37:51 -0500, fred roller wrote: >On Wed, Jan 11, 2017 at 12:36 PM, fred roller >wrote: > >> 1G > > >*..1T... :D I've got a SCSI drive with IIRC around 42 MiB. -- xubuntu-users mailing list xubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or

Re: [xubuntu-users] partition intermittently mounts: dying hard drive or bug?

2017-01-11 Thread fred roller
On Wed, Jan 11, 2017 at 11:45 AM, JMZ wrote: > Ugh, I thought that was the case. Magnetic storage is inexpensive these > days. It'd be unprofitable for a manufacturer to develop a five-year or > seven-year hard drive. :-( > IMO; get the enclosure vs. a dedicated hdd...

Re: [xubuntu-users] partition intermittently mounts: dying hard drive or bug?

2017-01-11 Thread JMZ
Thanks for your help, fred. Everything seems "clean" now, but I should perform these checks regularly now that some inconsistencies have appeared. Jordan On 01/11/2017 10:03 AM, fred roller wrote: Though maybe the current drive can be salvaged (it's only four years old -- do drives

Re: [xubuntu-users] partition intermittently mounts: dying hard drive or bug?

2017-01-11 Thread fred roller
On Wed, Jan 11, 2017 at 3:25 AM, JMZ wrote: > I'm wondering: is this a hardware or software problem? Eliminate choices by testing... If you are comfy with cli then: opt 1: $ sudo fsck /dev/sdz where "z" is the drive letter for your external drive when mounted usually

[xubuntu-users] partition intermittently mounts: dying hard drive or bug?

2017-01-11 Thread JMZ
Hi, My external hard drive tends, on occasion, to spontaneously unmount a logical partition. Sometimes, the partition does not mount at all. Usually, going back and manually mounting the partition is fine. I'm wondering: is this a hardware or software problem? Something tells me I