Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2008 17:38:27 -0500 From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu> To: Mel <fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Andrew Falanga <af300wsm@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Please help in diagnosing these smartmon messages Message-ID: <20080207223827.GA32246@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> 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 Thu, Feb 07, 2008 at 11:29:29PM +0100, 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. Agree. If it is seeing repeated errors, it is most likely about to die totally at any time. ////jerry > Since it's a church disk, you might have better luck with your prayers then > most people. > -- > Mel > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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