[mythtv-users] Bad News for me...a warning to all

[Boyd II, Willy]

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>Sent: Friday, April 23, 2004 8:54 AM
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>Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Bad News for me...a warning to all
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>> Anyway, thought I'd warn anyone out there...If your case 
>seems really 
>> hot - prepare for disaster.
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>And sometimes drives go bad without excessive heat.
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>This is why I use tar to backup my system (everything but the .nuv
>files) across the network to a different Linux box (my 
>desktop) before and after I upgrade any software.
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>I would lose all my recorded shows with a drive crash, but I 
>could get the backend back up and running fairly easily.
>
>I also restored my backend tar-file on a different box to 
>create a frontend-only PC with just a few easy tweaks.

The backing-up is a great idea.  I lost like 3 weeks of code a while
back, and backups was all I thought about right afterwards.  Sadly, it
remained an afterthought, and I still haven't done anything about it.

One thing that worries me, is that lm_sensors gives meaningless values
on my Chaintech 7nif2.. I mean the temps are all over the place... and
from the limited research I've done, I couldn't find a remedy.  Has
anyone else tried using the sensors on the 7nif2?  Also, someone
mentioned using the smartd tools for drives... I don't know how much
time this gives you in the event of a disaster, but I installed and
setup the alerts anyhow.

- Willy

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