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On 01/02/12 22:19, Dale wrote: |
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> Colleen Beamer wrote: |
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>> On 01/02/12 14:42, Michael Mol wrote: |
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>>> On Mon, Jan 2, 2012 at 2:32 PM, Colleen |
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>>> Beamer<colleen.beamer@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>>>> On 01/02/12 04:57, Mick wrote: |
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>>>>> On Monday 02 Jan 2012 02:25:45 Colleen Beamer wrote: |
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>>>>>> On 01/01/12 20:29, Mark Knecht wrote: |
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>>>>>>> On Sun, Jan 1, 2012 at 5:20 PM, Colleen Beamer |
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>>>>>>> <colleen.beamer@×××××.com> |
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>>>>> wrote: |
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>>>>>>>> On 01/01/12 20:13, Mark Knecht wrote: |
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>>> [snip] |
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>>> |
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>>>>> Since there were no updates/upgrades immediately prior to this |
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>>>>> error, this |
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>>>>> could well have been a result of fs corruption, or memory |
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>>>>> problems. It |
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>>>>> would |
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>>>>> make sense to check what smartctl -a /dev/sda shows just in case. |
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>>>> I'd be willing to try this, but what is smartctl a part of? |
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>>> "smartctl -a" asks the hard disk device for diagnostic information. |
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>> Yes, but when I ran 'smartctl -a /dev/sda' it tells me the command isn't |
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>> found. I did a search for this command and it was found in |
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>> /usr/share/bash-completion/ but if I run it (and it is executable to |
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>> owner (root)), using the full path to the command, it tells me the |
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>> command isn't found. I also tried creating a symlink to it in /usr/bin |
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>> and I get the message: |
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>> /usr/bin/smartctl: line 3: have: command not found. |
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>> Regards, |
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>> |
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>> Colleen |
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> |
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> emerge smartmontools |
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> then when that is done, do this: |
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> smartctl -t long /dev/sd<drive letter here> |
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> When you do that, it should print a message that tells when the test |
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> will complete. It is usually a 24 hour format thing too. This can |
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> run while the drive is in use too. Sometime after that time, run this |
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> command: |
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> smartctl -l selftest /dev/sd<drive letter here> |
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> That should tell you the results of the test. If it says it passed, |
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> this is good. If it reports a problem, well it is not good. If you |
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> are lucky, it will be like a recent problem I had and reformatting |
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> will fix it. It was a weird problem but beats replacing a drive. |
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Thanks, Dale. I'll try this. Don't know if I'll get to it tonight .... |
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unfortunately, it was back to work to day and I have a bunch of stuff to |
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do tonight. |
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To everyone else, thanks ... I'll keep googling to see if I can figure |
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this out and I'll shout again if I need assistance. |
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Regards, |
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Colleen |
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