After suffering a hard disk I/O error, I lost X, see previous post. I tried updating ALL packages in YaST2, during the update, YaST2 crashed with several more I/O errors. All I did after the initial system started giving me problems was 'fsck -y' on all device partitions. This evidently wiped out some of the system files and I assume I need to reload at this point? Is there something more than fsck that I should run on the drive to see if it can be re-used or should I discard my fairly new 150GB drive? I have a second question. If I reload, I have three SATA drives using LVM with XFS format to store data on this media server. Will a new install see that LVM as is? I want to avoid losing that data and not sure how a re-install of 10.0 will handle it. Or, should I put 10.1 on it this time? I use 10.1 on my workstation and STILL do not have my updates working right, I have to manually do them in YaST. I got so tired of searching for a solution to that after 2 or 3 failed to revive the updates. Do updates work now with a fresh install of 10.1 with updates applied during install? Also, I would need to make sure the MythTV packages are available for 10.1, that was loaded using 10.0 as this is a media server. Sorry for the long post, just looking for some guidance. Thanks in advance. -- Robert
On Monday 21 August 2006 08:15, Robert Fitzpatrick wrote:
Is there something more than fsck that I should run on the drive to see if it can be re-used or should I discard my fairly new 150GB drive?
Many manufacturers provide diagnostic programs specifically to test their harddrives. You might want to try one of those. -- Don
Robert Fitzpatrick wrote:
Is there something more than fsck that I should run on the drive to see if it can be re-used or should I discard my fairly new 150GB drive?
Discard? Why? Shouldn't it still be under warranty? And as Don wrote, try the drive manufacturer's diagnostic tools. It's unlikely to tell you anything particularly new, but it will definitively tell you what you already suspect. I've found hard drive manufacturers to be really good about warranties. I just had to RMA a western digital drive and I didn't even have to call them, just fill out the form on their website and they send you a new drive.
On Mon, 2006-08-21 at 10:28 -0400, suse@rio.vg wrote:
Robert Fitzpatrick wrote:
Is there something more than fsck that I should run on the drive to see if it can be re-used or should I discard my fairly new 150GB drive?
Discard? Why? Shouldn't it still be under warranty? And as Don wrote, try the drive manufacturer's diagnostic tools. It's unlikely to tell you anything particularly new, but it will definitively tell you what you already suspect. I've found hard drive manufacturers to be really good about warranties. I just had to RMA a western digital drive and I didn't even have to call them, just fill out the form on their website and they send you a new drive.
Yes, I found a Maxtor diagnostics tool, will run. My big issue is reloading the system. If I reload this drive, or install another one, will the LVM be found by 10.x? And are the 10.1 updates fixed? Thanks, -- Robert
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