[mythtv-users] Consequences of drive failure

Simon Hobson linux at thehobsons.co.uk
Mon Dec 3 14:36:20 UTC 2012


Mike Perkins wrote:

>So, checked the back end dmesg and there are errors against a drive... fun when 
>you have four in the box and /none/ of the messages use the same labels to refer 
>to the drives!
I you don't already have it installed, try installing smartmontools. Then smartctl -a dev/sd<x> will tell you about the health of the drive, and you can also setup the system to monitor the drives and warn you if one is failing.


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