Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (1599 mails)

[Joop Beris <opensuse@xxxxxxxx>]

On Wednesday 07 October 2009, David C. Rankin wrote:
 
> Err, I aways hate to say no, so I won't. But I will tell you that on one
>  very old 10.3 box I have, I have been receiving the following disk errors
>  for at least the past 4 years and it is still just fine:

Four years!? That's a long time, I was worried that the disk would fail quite 
soon. Although of course your disk is not my disk...
Seeing as yours is an older disk, it might not be uncommon to get bad sectors. 
However, mine is relatively new, so I think it's a bit early to get bad 
sectors that can't be remapped.

> You will notice these messages repeat like clockwork every 30 minutes. And,
>  no I am not worried about the data on this box. I'm really kind of curious
>  to see how long it lives like this.

Yes, they do appear like clockwork, every 30 minutes. If it was an older 
system, I think I would be inclined to just let it run.

> So, If you are concerned about your data, get a new drive, if this is like
>  a machine for your kids or something and they are just in the playing ages
>  (3-10), then just let it keep going and see what happens. I've been
>  waiting for 4 years and still no melt-down...

I have a good back-up, and can go back four weeks if needed. However, reading 
the comments in this thread, I will be looking into getting a replacement.

Thanks for the advice,

Joop 


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