Re: [direct] Re: Strange system lockups - kernel saying disk error

2011-06-05 Thread Kaya Saman
On 06/05/2011 01:29 PM, Dave wrote: Hi again. Thanks for the reply. Re the old disk drives. I have several 10 year or older IDE drives here, from 2G to 40G in 24/7 use, and (so far!) they are happy. I also have a few much newer SATA drives that fail to even spin up. Like anything, there is a

[direct] Re: Strange system lockups - kernel saying disk error

2011-06-05 Thread Dave
Hi again. Thanks for the reply. Re the old disk drives. I have several 10 year or older IDE drives here, from 2G to 40G in 24/7 use, and (so far!) they are happy. I also have a few much newer SATA drives that fail to even spin up. Like anything, there is a "Bath Tub" curve re hardware failur