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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