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Subject: Re: IDE drive - "hard error reading fsbn..." - recoverable?
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On Sun, 24 Oct 2004 cpghost@cordula.ws wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 23, 2004 at 05:26:27PM -0500, David Fleck wrote:
>> Is this likely a one-time thing, or a symptom of creeping disk death?
>>   (The 'hard error' messages only started after the reboot.)
>
> You could try /usr/ports/sysutils/smartmontools to run S.M.A.R.T.
> selftests on the drive.

Thanks - unfortunately, that port is marked IGNORE for my version (4.9). 
Apparently I need 'ATAng', not sure if I can get that in the 4.x series... 
I suppose I could try moving to 5.2.x, but I was hoping to put that off a 
little longer - and I'd like to know my hardware is reliable first, 
really.


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