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Date:      Fri, 15 Feb 2008 19:56:12 -0700
From:      Andrew Falanga <af300wsm@gmail.com>
To:        Mel <fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Please help in diagnosing these smartmon messages
Message-ID:  <200802151956.12850.af300wsm@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <200802072329.30152.fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net>
References:  <200802042014.40016.af300wsm@gmail.com> <200802072329.30152.fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net>

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On Thursday 07 February 2008 15:29:29 Mel wrote:
> On Tuesday 05 February 2008 04:14:39 Andrew Falanga wrote:
> > I know it's probably near impossible to know exactly how much longer this
> > drive has, but how serious are these errors?  As I mentioned, the
> > unreadable sectors on the hard drive are repeated many times in the log (
> > > 100 times).
>
> If it's not dead already, it can be when you read this or in 2-3 months. I
> usually change the cable on the first read error I see popping up, just to
> rule out the cable. If the errors persist, it's time to order and stop
> adding new stuff to the disk.
> Since it's a church disk, you might have better luck with your prayers then
> most people.


I wanted to say thanks to everyone who answered this one.  I figured that the 
problems shouldn't be good, but wanted to get some input from those who'd 
used smartd before.

Thanks again,

Andy



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