jbk wrote: > I periodically get access errors for a specific spinning disk that I have > done these things to diagnose: > Changed Sata Cable > Switched Sata bus on MB > Run E2fsck on the 3 formatted ext4 partitions w/ no errors found > Run smartctl -a: all results within norms > Run smartctl -t short: No errors found > > Disk operation age is about 7.5 years with around a couple hundred starts. > It has been in continuous operation for over 8 years except during > vacations. On occasion the disk partitions will become unmounted and a mount > -a will remount the partitions as a different device from lets say sda to > sdd. I've not lost any data and I do regular backups to another device > that's rotated out of system. > > I seem to have always had these errors present on this MB that is maybe 4 or > 5 years in operation. Any thoughts on the cause of this issue? Do others see > this behavior on occasion on systems they manage? > > On this same system my Rocky OS on an SSD is showing no issues at all. Same > operation age as the spinner.
I'm glad you've got good backups. It's going to die at an inconvenient time for you. That's not specific; that's just what computers do. Next time the errors occur, dig them out of the log and show them to us verbatim, please. -dsr- _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
