(ktb:)
>
> The noise your hearing "like a sewing machine" is probably just e2fsck
> doing it's job. If you were hearing "clunks" that would be a dead
> drive.
While we're on the arcane subject of being able to interpret and
diagnose various hard drive sounds, I'm told that a HD that sounds
like a little chainsaw as it spins is one that's on its way out.
I wonder if this is bearings starting to wear, fine dust getting
into the sealed internals, ...?
Rick
--
key CF8F8A75 / print C5C1 F87D 5056 D2C0 D5CE D58F 970F 04D1 CF8F 8A75
Beggars get handouts before philosophers because people have some idea
of what it's like to be blind and lame.
:Diogenes
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