[mythtv-users] Consequences of drive failure

[Mike Perkins]

On 03/12/12 14:36, Simon Hobson wrote:
> 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.
>
>
You're right. I'll do that once I get the current snafu straightened out. I'm
still running 0.24, and when I know I have a clean system I'll probably upgrade
to the latest stable which ought to be 0.26.

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Mike Perkins