Probably the parameter of "reallocated sector counts" (initially 100
and currently 001) decreased in the last weeks till the pre-fail
threshold (50) and then below: this can explain the hd behaviour you
experienced.
You can configure smartmontools to self test weekly and send you an
e-mail when a
Hi,
On Mon, Oct 31, 2005 at 11:56:02AM +0100, Emanuele Olivetti wrote:
> What about using a live cd and smartmontools? I had a similar
> problem. Just 'smartctl -a /dev/hda' is enough to get lots of info
> about the status of the hd and its problems.
good idea.
> In my case few sectors died but
What about using a live cd and smartmontools? I had a similar
problem. Just 'smartctl -a /dev/hda' is enough to get lots of info
about the status of the hd and its problems.
In my case few sectors died but they were (probably) in the partition
map... so my partition map disapperad and my partition
> well, i don't have osx installed, but from the osx cd, 'disk utility',
> when it can see the disk, either freezes while trying to probe it or
> keeps crunching it for ages before eventually listing the partitions...
Then it's your disk that is dead =P
> > Since nobody else is reporting that is
Hi,
On Mon, Oct 31, 2005 at 06:10:56PM +1100, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
>
> > so far, it looked to me like a hardware issue, but i found this thread:
> > http://lists.debian.org/debian-powerpc/2005/08/msg00182.html and i have this
> > line at boot time: 'hda: Enabling Ultra DMA 5' (shouldn't
> so far, it looked to me like a hardware issue, but i found this thread:
> http://lists.debian.org/debian-powerpc/2005/08/msg00182.html and i have this
> line at boot time: 'hda: Enabling Ultra DMA 5' (shouldn't it be a 2?)
>
> so, hardware or software? is there anything i could try before sendi
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