I've found http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/ an invaluable tool for
checking on HD status. In fact on my production servers I have a smart
check run every night and have a script to auto email if ANYTHING other
than OK is reported.
--Matt
Eben King wrote:
> On Sat, 30 Aug 2008, Daniel Jarboe wrote:
>
>> On Sat, Aug 30, 2008 at 12:30 AM, Eben King <eben01@verizon.net> wrote:
>>
>>> My USB drive -- a Venus case with a 350M PATA inside (can't read the
>>> drive
>>> to get the model) won't read. Partition 6 and 7 fail with these
>>> errors:
> [snip]
>
>> Are you running a SATA system? If not, you could just remove the
>> drive from
>> the external enclosure, put it on one of your IDE ribbons
>> (double-check that
>> the drive jumpers are set correctly for CS/master/slave) to find out.
>
> I am, but this drive ("a 350M PATA") isn't, so I don't need to be.
> Anyhow, I turned it off last night, and today I tried again and it
> worked. So I'm guessing something with heat. The case has one of
> those flatish fans, but maybe that's insufficient.
>
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