[mythtv-users] Booohooohoooo......

[Nick Morrott]

2008/7/12 Francesco Peeters <francesco at fampeeters.com>:
> My USB harddisk on which my MythTV FE/BE lives died... The drive won't
> spin up anymore, and I currently don't have time to rebuilt on a new
> device, and I really don't want to either, because I meant to make that
> machine a net-boot machine...  *rolls eyes*
>
> Why does shit like that always happen at the most inconvenient times...
>
> Only good bit is that this drive is less than 2 years old, so I will at
> least get a new one from WD!...

Sorry to hear about the failure. I often wonder whether external
drives have adequate cooling and ventilation, especially when they are
used heavily. Do/did you monitor your HDD temps via SMART? Was the
external drive purchased as a single unit (drive plus enclosure) or
did you purchase the two separately?

-- 
Nick Morrott

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