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On Tuesday 22 September 2009, Mark Knecht wrote: |
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> What's with Linux support of external drives? Is it just not reliable |
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> enough to depend on? This was not a drive failure but just a bunch of |
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> sense code message problems and everything quit. I probably could have |
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> spent time removing drivers, etc, and then restarting it but I just |
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> rebooted and everything came back. |
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> I used to use this drive for weeks at a time on one of my Windows |
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> boxes. No problems at that time so I have no strong reason to suspect |
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> the drive when this is the second drive issue in a few days wit this |
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> system. |
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> I wonder how I determine if it's a drive problem or a kernel/driver |
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> problem? |
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I wonder if you have a memory problem with that box? I don't know what errors |
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you've been getting in the logs, but it is a thought when the common |
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denominator is the box. Have you tried running memtest86+ overnight to see |
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what gives? |
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Another reason might be the physical location. If the drives in question are |
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submitted to physical vibration (e.g. next to a door; staircase, etc) then |
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the failures could be due to mechanical reasons. |
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HTH. |
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Regards, |
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Mick |
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