[HLUG] HD problem

[Ralph Jones]

Hello Graham, 

If your failing drive has S.M.A.R.T./ is S.M.A.R.T.-enabled, then it
will give you a (fair bit) of warning before completely failing. I think
when mine started playing up, I booted up another twenty times or so,
and left it running for hours on end, before it finally said sayonara.
I still have it, and on a quiet day, I'll play around with plugging it
in with an external USB enclosure, and then trying to see if

ddrescue/dd_rescue

can somehow restore my files onto my new drive.

But if it is still spinning, then the sooner you can replace it, and
then apply the 'dd' or 'cpio' commands the better.

Still, seeing as you're mudplugging with the Eaves' this weekend, a
dodgy HD won't be at the forefront of your mind.

HTH
Ralph

On Mon, 2007-06-18 at 12:23 +0100, Graham Cole wrote:
> Progress! I now know that the 2 channel connectors on the motherboard
> are not simply parallel but are Primary and Secondary. Also I learnt
> that using my CD drive in Primary slave position makes it necessary to
> put 2 jumpers on the Primary Master HD because the CD drive is a
> "non-ATA compatible" slave.
> Now I still don't know how to get data off the old disk. I can't mount
> the disk because it's not in /etc/fstab (it says when I try to mount
> it).
> My system is running from the HD which is Primary Master, with a CD
> drive as Primary Slave. The suspect HD is in Secondary Slave slot and is
> seen as hdd 
> 
> During experiments with cables I found the old HD was still working
> despite the warning of possible imminent failure. Hoping someone can
> advise me..
> Graham
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