From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Feb 7 22:41:54 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5EADF16A41A for ; Thu, 7 Feb 2008 22:41:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jerrymc@gizmo.acns.msu.edu) Received: from gizmo.acns.msu.edu (gizmo.acns.msu.edu [35.8.1.43]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 236DE13C448 for ; Thu, 7 Feb 2008 22:41:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jerrymc@gizmo.acns.msu.edu) Received: from gizmo.acns.msu.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gizmo.acns.msu.edu (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id m17McSPA032263; Thu, 7 Feb 2008 17:38:28 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from jerrymc@gizmo.acns.msu.edu) Received: (from jerrymc@localhost) by gizmo.acns.msu.edu (8.13.6/8.13.6/Submit) id m17McSk1032262; Thu, 7 Feb 2008 17:38:28 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from jerrymc) Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2008 17:38:27 -0500 From: Jerry McAllister To: Mel Message-ID: <20080207223827.GA32246@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> References: <200802042014.40016.af300wsm@gmail.com> <200802072329.30152.fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200802072329.30152.fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Andrew Falanga Subject: Re: Please help in diagnosing these smartmon messages X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2008 22:41:54 -0000 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"