Re: hard drive repair problem
On Thu, Jun 08, 2006 at 02:09:52PM -0400, Marty Landman wrote:
>
> >At 01:20 PM 6/5/2006, Florian Kulzer wrote:
> >
> >>Modern hard drives have a built-in self-diagnosis system called SMART.
> >>The corresponding Debian package is called "smartmontools". You can
> >>install this package (or boot from a suitable live CD) and run
>
> Well I got an RMA from the vendor for my hdb1 (250GB HD) after their
> diagnostic product gave me a code on a full test. But then I read this
> article
>
> http://linux.omnipotent.net/article.php?article_id=12488
>
> and following its advice and holding down <cr> lots and lots during
> the repair prompts, was able to mount and use the data. Then reran
> the diagnostic -- powermax -- and the full test came out clean. So
> I've re-added my hdb1 partition to /etc/fstab and rebooted and all seems
> well.
>
> The following's what I get for current status so I'm wondering if
> this turned out to be a software issue after all and I ought to
> cancel my RMA, or if the HD's likely to act up again.
It sounds to me as if it would be an excellent time to make a backup
if you don't already have one -- onto a new drive -- don't overwrite an
old backup in case the data *are* corrupt*.
-- hendrik
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